Aishbagh police nabbed a vehicle-lifter at Apsara talkies area in the evening and recovered six motorbikes worth `1.5 lakh from his possession on Sunday.
According to the police, acting on a tip-off a man who was roaming suspiciously was detained by the police with a motorbike and when he was asked to provide the details of the motorbike, he was not able to produce the documents of the motorbike. later, when he was questioned he confessed that the bike was stolen from Ratibad area.The vehicles have been looted from different parts of the city. Five out of the six motorbikes have been stolen from Aishbagh area while one vehicle was from Ratibad area.
The accused is a resident of Kokta and after the theft the vehicles were kept at his house and behind Apsara talkies. The Apsara talkies is in dilapidated condition due to which he chose to keep the stolen vehicles.
During the investigation police found that the accused is a habitual offender and had earlier been booked for robbery, burglary and vehicle lifting by Aishbagh police, Piplani and Ashoka Garden police. He has been booked for more than 15 crimes.
Police have started investigation to find the disposal of the stolen vehicles and the accomplices who have helped in the disposal of the vehicles.
It is possible that the accused has committed more crimes in the past few months which would be confessed by him in further investigation.