Bajaria police has nabbed five vehicle-lifters and recovered six two-wheelers worth Rs 2 lakh from their possession on Tuesday. The accused were tracked at Coach Colony trisection.
According to the police, acting on a tip-off, the two youths were detained who were on a motorbike bearing registration number MP04ML7584 and when they were asked about the details of the vehicle, they failed to provide the same.
In the initial investigation, when police checked the details of the bike owner was found to Lijo Tankachan of Govind Garden and bike was Hero Honda CD Delux but the bike recovered from the accused was Passion Pro. The details of chassis and engine number were checked and it was found that the Passion Pro bike was owned by DD Upadhyay and registration number is MP04UM8031 after which the two were nabbed.
The nabbed accused were identified as Mohammad Siddqui (25) and Kader Khan (23) of Vidisha. The two confessed that the stole bike parked near SDM court 7 no stop with the help of his aide Dinesh Rudra of Guna around two years ago and were using the bike with different registration number.
The three accused have stolen 8 vehicles from Bhopal and one from Rajgarh.
From the accused two Hero Honda splendor bikes were recovered which were stolen from Shahjehanabad. One bike was sold to Mahesh Kushwaha of Bichia village who was tracked and nabbed by the police in the investigation.
The other customers who bought stolen bike Hero Honda CD Delux from the accused was identified as Babulal Raikwar of Vidisha and Badrul Hasan of Guna and bikes were seized.
Accused have confessed stealing 8 vehicles from Habibganj, Nishatpura, Bhopal GRP, Jahangirabad, Shahjahanabad, MP Nagar and Kotwali Rajgarh areas and out of which 6 have been recovered.