The Khajuri police busted a four-member gang of thieves including a minor on Monday and recovered a Mahindra Scorpio vehicle and six plastic containers filled with stolen diesel from their possession; gang used to target trucks parked at highway.
According to the police, acting of at tip a Mahindra Scorpio bearing registration number MP-04-HB-0630 was stopped and when it was searched six plastic containers filled with diesel were found in the vehicle. The
The nabbed miscreants were identified as Firoz Khan (35), Shan Khan (22), Javed Khan (29) and a minor boy.
In the initial investigation the accused confessed that the used to target the parked trucks at highways near hotels where the truck driver and helper would halt for meals and would sleep at the hotel in the night.
During the investigation police found that in most of the cases the truck drivers never reported the stealing of diesel as they remained unknown of the stealing of diesel. Police have started searching for details of those customers who used to purchase diesel from the gang.
Crime record of the gang would be investigated as the police have found the involvement of the gang in stealing of diesel but it is possible that the gang members are active in committing other crimes as well which have not been found in the investigation.
Possibility of other accomplices of the gang could not be ruled out and other accomplices of the gang would be searched said police.