A vehicle lifter was nabbed by Chunabhatti police and four two-wheelers were recovered from his possession on Thursday. According to the police a youth was nabbed after he tried to escape police personnel vehicle checking drive at Chunbhatti trisection and recovered a scooter without registration number. The detained youth failed to produce documents of the scooter and later confessed that the scooter was stolen from Trilanga area with the help of his accomplice Mayur alias Prabal Sharma.
The nabbed accused was identified as Jitendra alias Praveen Dawde of Burhanpur and was living at a rented apartment in Shahpura village. SHO Chunabhatti police Manoj Patwa said that the accused was nabbed while he tried to escape a checking drive of vehicles by police near Kaliasot Dam but was chased down by the police. The accused used to commit crimes with his accomplice Mayur alias Prabal Sharma.
Police recovered three motorbikes stolen from his possession which were stolen from Arera Colony while a camera and a camera lens were recovered from the accused. The nabbed accused has confessed stealing of motorbike from Harshvardhan Nagar which is yet to be recovered by the police.
Accused and his accomplice targeted a photo studio in Manisha Market on July 6 and burgled a camera and camera lens and other goods. The camera and lens burgled have been recovered from the accused. More recovery would be done and more revelations of burglaries and thefts would be made in the further investigation said police. Police have started search for Mayur who went absconding and is still at large.