The crime branch Bhopal on Saturday nabbed eight persons including a minor from Subhash Nagar and recovered 11 two-wheelers from their possession. The cost of recovered vehicles is around Rs3 lakh, police said.
Acting on a tip off, three persons trying to sell a new motorbike at very low price were detained and when they were quizzed regarding the motorbike they were not able to provide documents.
The miscreants were identified as Zuber Khan (20), Sadiq Khan (24) MP and Mohammad Ateek (19) of Arjun Nagar slums in MP Nagar.
The three were quizzed and in the initial investigation they confessed that one minor accomplice used to work with them who was later detained by the police. The accused confessed selling a bike stolen from Ashoka Garden area to Sattar who is a mechanic.
After receiving confirmation regarding the mechanic he was detained and was identified as Sattar Khan (32) of Aishbagh area and when Sattar was quizzed he confirmed that he used to sell scooter at Rs3000 to Nawab, Waseem and Bhura who work at Old categorised market.
Based on the information the three were detained and identified as Nawab Khan(35), Waseem Khan(25) and Bhura alias Wahid Khan (28) and recovered scooter parts of eight scooters from their possession. The nabbed accused confirmed that it takes less than half an hour to dismantle a two wheeler completely and the parts would fetch thrice the price than the scooter.
Police have recovered three motorbikes, one scooter and parts of seven scooters.
During the investigation eight accused were nabbed and more recoveries would be made in the further investigation.