The Bhopal crime branch has nabbed a six-member vehicle lifters’ gang and recovered more than three dozen two-wheelers worth ` 18 lakh from their possession.
Acting on a tip off, from Hamidia hospital gate, the police caught Imran Khan (22), who accepted of having stolen vehicles from parking space of Gandhi medical College in the Hamidia hospital premises, with his friend Zahid Khan.
later, in the interrogation it was revealed that a six member gang was operating for the past three years and have stolen vehicle from Bhopal, Vidisha, Sehore, Indore and other districts.
On the leads provided by Imran, the police arrested Zahid from lalghati bus stand. The two further revealed names of other accomplices and subsequently, other gang members Ajju Khan (19) and Shoukeen Khan (22).
During the investigation, the police nabbed two more identified as Islam Khan (21) and Saddam Khan (20), who were involved in disposing the vehicles.
Crime branch Bhopal has recovered 35 two wheelers and have claimed that more vehicles would be recovered from their possession. Imran works as loading auto rickshaw driver for past five years and used to visit Bhopal for delivering goods in which he used to earn ` 500 per trip during which he came into contact with the gang and he received an offer to earn ` 5000-10000 per trip which he accepted and starting working for the gang.
He used to deliver the stolen vehicles to Islam and Saddam who would dispose off the vehicles. One of the gang members followed the vehicle owner while others used to break the lock and escape with the vehicle. later, they used to park the vehicle in less crowded parking space. The stolen vehicles were later sold in the range of `3000 to ` 8000. Except Saddam, all the nabbed miscreants are residents of Rajgarh, Saddam is a resident of Sehore.
The gang used to steal vehicle based on order and would used to supply the vehicles in Rajgarh.
