In a breakthrough, city police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested four youths and recovered record 21 stolen motorcycles from their possession. The accused have been identified as Sunil Kala (18), Mukund Kharad (20), Jaspal and Mori (19). Among them, one is a teenager. All the accused are native of Bagh in Dhar district, police said.
According to SP OP Tripathi, the arrest was made following a tip off to MIG police station TI Rajendra Soni that some youths were engaged in selling costly motorcycles at cheaper rates. Following tip off, some police jawans were deputed in plain clothes to keep a tab on such youths.
Accordingly, a police team from MIG police station arrested four youths with costly motorcycles in their possession. Following intense grueling all the four confessed to their crime. The youths, according to police, came to Indore from Bagh in Dhar district for to pursue higher education. However, they got enamored by the luxurious city life. In order to maintain their high quality city life, they started stealing motorcycles from various locations in the city and used to sell them at cheaper rates.
During interrogations, the accused accepted to have stolen 37 motorcycles from various localities in the city falling under different police stations areas. On their hints, police have already recovered 21 motorcycles. Of the four accused, two are studying in college and two in schools. Further interrogations with the accused were on till filing this report.