Three miscreants were nabbed and 37 refrigerators worth lakhs of rupees were recovered from their possession by Ashoka Garden police on Saturday.
According to the police, a man was nabbed from JK road while he was trying to sell a fridge. When he was questioned, he said that he is a truck driver and was assigned to deliver 54 fridges of Godrej company in Satna but he sold few in Bhopal and few were sold on his way. He left the truck in Sagar and escaped. Around 23 fridges were found in the truck.
A total of 37 fridges were recovered from the miscreants. Two fridges each were recovered from Manoj and Sanjay. Investigation officer Sub Inspector Awdesh Bhadoria said that Imrat Singh Raghuvanshi lodged a complaint that the truck diver Jay Karan went missing after June 30.
After receiving the information a case under section 408 of the IPC was registered by the police.
Meanwhile a vehicle lifter was nabbed by Teelajamalpura police and recovered around six two wheelers worth `2 lakh from his possession on Saturday.
According to the police acting on a tip off a person was detained from near Berasia bus stand with a two wheeler and when he was asked regarding the motorbike he was not able to provide details of the motorbike.
When he was questioned he confirmed that the vehicle is a stolen one and in the further investigation police recovered six two wheelers from his possession.
The accused has been booked earlier vehicle lifting in Taliya, Gautam Nagar and Kotwali (Sehore) police stations. Vehicles recovered from the accused were stolen from different parts of the city and after the vehicles were stolen they were dismantled and then disposed. Vehicles were also sold by forging the details on the vehicle like chasis number and engine number.
The accused is watch list criminal under Gautam Nagar police station.