A 28-year-old woman vehicle lifter was nabbed by MP Nagar police on Friday and recovered two scooters from her possession.
According to the police, one Premlata Yadav in her complaint stated that on Friday she had gone to Income Tax Office for some work and forgot to remove keys and later when she returned after around 1 hour her scooter was missing. She lodged a complaint and when the CCTV footages of the cameras installed at the Income Tax Office were checked the victim identified the accused and later during the investigation, the accused was nabbed.
The accused was identified as Ritika Parashar of Bagh Mughalia area. CSP of MP Nagar police Bhartendu Sharma said the scooter she was found with was stolen from Polytechnic area in the month of July. Her financial conditions worsen after her father death two years ago. She left studies after class XII. Investigation for details of involvement of the accused in other crimes would be searched, he added.
Meanwhile, three vehicle-lifters were nabbed by Koh-e-Fiza police and five two-wheelers worth `1.5 lakh were recovered from their possession on Friday.
According to the police, acting on a tip-off, a youth was nabbed with a two-wheeler during vehicle checking drive near Hamidia hospital gate.
During the vehicle checking after spotting a motorcycle when police personnel tried to stop the motorbike the rider instead of stopping tried to escape but was chased down by the police.
The nabbed youth who was identified as Bharat alias Chotu (18) a resident of Chola Mandir area when questioned regarding the motorbike was not able to provide documents of the motorbike.
In the initial investigation the nabbed accused confessed that he along with his two accomplices lakhan and Ehsan used to stole vehicles.
Based on the information the two lakhan Chouhan (19) of Chola Mandir and Ehsan Khan(28) of Peergate were nabbed and four two-wheelers were recovered from their possession.
A scooter and four motorbikes were recovered from the possession. Accused have confessed stealing vehicles from Koh-e-Fiza, Shahjehanabad, DIG Bungalow, Gautam Nagar and Chola Mandir areas.