Crime branch Bhopal claimed to have nabbed three miscreants and have recovered 12 vehicles worth Rs 10 lakh from their possession here on Wednesday.
While speaking with the media, Superintendent of Police Bhopal (HQ) KV Sharma told that the engineering students nabbed were involved in burglaries. During interrogation, they accepted to have committed the crime and thus, a vehicle lifter gang was busted in the city.
Acting on the tip off, a team was formed by the crime branch and started investigation during which a suspect described by the miscreants was detained and when he was quizzed he accepted his involvement in vehicle lifting with the help of other gang members, he added.
When the accused were questioned they confirmed stealing 12 vehicles including a mini bus. Most of the vehicles were stolen from MP Nagar area while the mini bus was stolen from Jehangirabad area.
The gang members Paremeshwar Maratha (33), Vijay Mahale (32) and Dileep Barraskar (35) were nabbed later.The accused were involved in other works to escape arrest. Parmeshwar works as a mini bus driver, while Vijay is engaged in an insurance agency and Dilip works as an automobile mechanic.
The accused used to steal vehicles and parked them in public parking spaces. The same vehicles were later sold at low price and some of the vehicles were sold in Betul by Dilip. Out of the 12 thefts, complaints regarding eight have been confirmed, while information of four other vehicles is still not clear. It is possible that the chassis and engine numbers have been tampered or the owners have not lodged a complaint with the police.