The Koh-e-Fiza police busted a three-member gang of vehicle lifters and recovered 17 vehicles from their possession.
DIG Bhopal Raman Singh Sikharwar while speaking with the mediapersons here on Monday said that along with the three vehicle lifters three persons involved in buying and disposing the stolen vehicles were also nabbed. The factor which was common in all the nabbed accused which was behind the stealing and disposing of vehicles was to spend in lavishing manner and their financial condition was not good said Sikarwar.
Providing the modus operandi Sikarwar told that they would recce the parking places and would target the vehicles. The chassis number and engine number of the vehicles were changed and documents of old vehicles bought at very low prices were used to sell the vehicles.
At present 17 vehicles have been recovered and investigation to found number to vehicles stolen and disposed in the past has been started.
On Sunday during vehicle checking two youths tried to escape when they were stopped by police personnel and where chased down. The two were detained and were identified as Mohammad Rafeeq (20), Mustaqeem (18) and when questioned regarding the vehicle they failed to provide details of the vehicle and later confessed that the vehicle is a stolen one and they used to steal vehicle along with third accomplice Haneef Khan.
Rafeeq and Mustaqeem work as mechanic and hail from Hariyana while Haneef works at mobile phone repairing shop who hails from Sehore.
In the initial investigation they confessed stealing 15 two wheelers and 2 four wheelers and after stealing three others would help in buying and disposing.
Those involved in buying of stolen vehicles and disposing were identified as Sheru alias Sajid (22), Vinod Dangi (26) and Shahrukh Khan (21) of Sehore.
Police have traced the missing of nine vehicles which were stolen from Koh-e-Fiza Govindpura, Bilkharia and Kamla Nagar.