The Crime Branch of Bhopal and Piplani police on Saturday claimed to have busted a gang by arresting two individuals who were involved in various vehicle lifting and later would claim insurance money after disposing the vehicle.
The two criminals have been identified as Abdul Naved (26) of Shujalpur and Anwar alias Guddu Khan (28) of Dhar. Police said a truck bearing registration number - MP-09-HF-2935 was recovered from them. A police officer said the truck was originally belonged to one Mahendra Goswami and he had recently lodged a missing complaint of his truck with the Piplani police.
The officer further informed that accused stole the truck, which was financed and tried to claim insurance of `3.5 lakh against accident, which was found fake during an investigation by the insurance company.
The main accused Arif then sold the truck to one Mahendra Singh Chouhan. But after sometimes, he also got suspicious about the whole deals and asked Arif to refund his money. This time Arif again conspired with Anwar and Naved to steal and sell it to a scrap dealer. When the accused were trying to sell the truck they were nabbed.
The main accused Arif is still absconding.