Gautam Nagar police nabbed two vehicle-lifters and recovered a scooter and a motorbike worth Rs 70,000 from their possession at DIG bungalow square on Saturday. The miscreants used to target parked vehicles in deserted areas.
According to police, both the miscreants were nabbed after the police acted on a tip-off.
Later, they confessed that the scooter was stolen and in the further investigation, the accused confessed that they had stolen one scooter and one bike.
The nabbed miscreants were identified as Shobharam alias Sonu (35) and Ajay Kala alias Chirata (20). Police have registered a case under section 379 of the IPC and section 41(1-4) of CrPC and started further investigation.
The miscreants are habitual offenders and have already been booked for theft, burglary and molestation by Chhola Mandir and Gautam Nagar police.
The details of the vehicle and owners of the vehicles would be searched in the further investigation.
Police said that the stolen vehicles would be recovered from different parts of the State Capital which were kept by the accused after stealing them to hide and would sell them later.
In cases of vehicle lifting, apart from vehicle lifters, aides help in disposing vehicles who would be nabbed in the investigation.