The MP Nagar police have busted a gang of four vehicle-lifters from Chinar Park under MP Nagar police station area and have recovered 12 motorbikes, one scooter and fake vehicle registration smart cards from their possession.
While speaking to the mediapersons the Superintendent of Police Bhopal (South) Anshuman Singh told that Ankit Sharma, Ajay (name changed as he is a minor) and Javed were caught from Chinar Park with fake vehicle registration smart cards.
During investigation they told that the main accused Amit Sharma works as recovery agent with HDFC bank and used to produce a photocopy of the ‘smart card registration’ of two-wheeler vehicles with pending installments and to be confiscated by the bank.
Explaining the modus operandi of the gang, Singh told that they used to reach Bhopal in morning and after stealing vehicle, used to return Vidisha on the same vehicle.
They accepted to have sold 7-8 vehicles and also rented few of the stolen vehicles. They used to sell the vehicles to the villagers in the range of `15000 – `20000. Most of the vehicles were stolen from MP Nagar and Nishatpura. It is possible that the more incidents of vehicle thefts would be confirmed during further investigation, told Singh.
The accused Ankit Sharma, Ajay and Javed hail from Vidisha, while Amit Sharma is a resident of Talaiya in Bhopal. The accused are first time offenders and were involved in the thefts for last 5 to 6 months.