Two miscreants involved in vehicle lifting were arrested by crime branch police on Thursday and seized a stolen jeep worth Rs4 lakh from their possession. Acting on a tip-off, a white colour Mahindra Scorpio bearing registration number MP28-BD-1557 with two passengers was seized from Bhopal Talkies area and when the two were questioned, they provided photocopy of the documents of the vehicle. When the documents were checked minutely it was found that the documents were forged, police said.
The registration number was checked with the RTO website and it was found that the vehicle was registered in the name of a woman who was from Gwalior but when the woman was contacted she confirmed that her vehicle was safe and secure and is parked at her house. When the arrested youths were questioned they confirmed that the vehicle was stolen from Gwalior and they have changed the vehicle registration number. The actual registration number was MP-04-Cl-0563 and was stolen from Vinay Nagar in Gwalior in the year 2013 which was also confirmed by the report lodged by the owner of the vehicle Ravindra Singh Jadon.
The two accused were identified as Yusuf and Imran. The accused are residents of Shivpuri and work with private firm. With the arrest of the two vehicle lifters nexus involved in stealing vehicles and selling the vehicles by changing the registration number of the vehicles and producing forged documents of the vehicle. During the investigation the vehicles stolen in the past and disposed by the accused would be investigated.