Gautam Nagar police have nabbed two vehicle lifters and recovered 16 two-wheelers worth Rs 7 lakh from their possession.
Superintendent of Police Bhopal (North) Arvind Saxena while speaking with the media persons on Sunday said that the miscreants used to target vehicles parked at unpaid parking. They used to dispose of the vehicles in remote rural areas to evade suspicion and they have sold around half a dozen vehicles without providing the registration documents.
The vehicles were disposed in Indore and Sarni of Madhya Pradesh and adjoining cities of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan states.
The miscreants used to steal 15-20 vehicles and would later dispose them and would make their move after 2-3 months, he added.
On August 18 during vehicle checking drive when two persons on a motorbike tried to evade checking they were chased and detained and when the two were questioned they confessed that the bike was stolen from Govindpura.
The two were identified Ashish Mathur and Deepnarayan alias Deep Choudhary. Six two wheelers were recovered from Ashish while 10 two wheelers were recovered from Deepnarayan.
The main accused used Ashish Mathur hails from Indore and used to stay at his relative Shyambabu Saxena’s house in Jehangirabad which helped in stealing. Police said that Shyambabu’s was not aware of the thefts by the accused which was found in the investigation.
The other accused Deepnarayan alias Deep Choudhary works as a carpenter and was nabbed in the year for vehicle lifting along with his three in the year 2011 and in two cases in the year 2012 and was later booked by Govindpura police in the year 2014 for five cases. After he was released he started to steal vehicles with Ashish.
The vehicles were disposed in the Sarni and nearby areas with the help of Deepnarayan. Other accomplices involved in the stealing and disposing of stolen two wheelers would be investigated.