Mangalwara police have nabbed two vehicle lifters near Bharat talkies and recovered four scooters worth Rs 1.8 lakh from their possession on Wednesday. The accused were nabbed during vehicle checking.
According to the police, during routine vehicle checking, a scooter without registration number was stopped and when the two persons were asked regarding the registration papers, he failed to provide the details and later confessed that the scooter was stolen from Patel Nagar.
One of the accused was identified as Yash Bhatnagar while the other was a minor. The accused confessed to have stolen three other scooters in the past two months from TT Nagar, Karond and Old Catergorised market area.
During the investigation, police have recovered scooters which were stolen in the past two months. The scooters were sold to Vineet Rajput of Nishatpura.
Based on the information Rajput was searched, nabbed and recovered. One of the accused Anni alias Anas who was involved in stealing and disposing the two wheelers, is absconding and search for Anas has been started. Police suspect that Anas had more stolen vehicles and after his arres, more vehicles would be recovered. It must be written here that vehicle lifting cases in this area had become a common phenomenon.
The police have registered a case under section 379 and 413 of the IPC against Vineet and Yash and have started further investigation.
During the investigation, police have not found any crime records and have asked for details from other police stations regarding the two accused.