The Bagh Sewania police arrested two miscreants on Tuesday and recovered five two-wheelers worth Rs2.5 lakh from their possession.
Acting on a tip off, two youths and a motorbike bearing registration number MPO4-MQ-2971 were nabbed and when they were asked about the documents they were not able to produce. later, they disclosed that they had stolen the bike from Bagh Sewania.
The two were identified as Guddu alias Basheer (25) and Ashish Thakur (19). The duo also confirmed stealing motorbikes from Bagh Sewania, Ayodhya Nagar, Raisen and Kolar. Police have started further investigation of the method of disposing the vehicles and on possibilities of selling the vehicles in other districts. Crime record of the two nabbed accused would be searched and it was possible they have stolen more vehicles, a police officer said.
Accused would use master key and has also confirmed that they were able to break the lock of the two wheelers very easily but in the seized two wheelers they have used keys to open the lock. They would target those vehicles which remained parked for long duration and after confirmation that the owner would return after few hours the vehicle was stolen. Three motorbikes were stolen from Bagh Sewania, Ayodhya Nagar and Raisen area while the scooter was stolen from Kolar.
Accused used to spent money on luxury goods and liquor and would also purchase expensive clothes. The two wheelers were recovered from Bagh Sewania area where they have kept the two wheelers secretly.