Three vehicle lifters were nabbed by Ashoka Garden police and have recovered six motorbikes worth Rs 3 lakh from Ashoka Garden area.
According to the investigating officer Kaushal Singh, acting on a tip off a person who was trying to sell a motorbike without bearing registration number, was detained.The person detained was not able to provide the documents of the vehicle and when he was questioned he confessed that the motorbike was stolen one. The detainee was identified as Mukesh Rai and in the initial probe he told police t
hat he used to steal the vehicles with his help of his two accomplices Pankaj Rai and Arvind Panthi. The three accused are residents of Gairatganj area of Raisen district. They used to target vehicles which were parked and would wait for the owner to leave the vehicle after which they stole the vehicle. On the confirmation the two were nabbed by the police and six motorbikes were recovered on the leads provided by them.
Details of the accused have been inquired from the Gairatganj police. Criminal record of the accused would be searched. To evade arrest and easy disposing of the vehicles the accused used to escape the city and would return to their district after stealing the motorbikes. In the initial probe the miscreants told that the motorbikes were stolen from different area of the city. Piplani , Mangalwara, Koh-e-Fiza, Aishbagh and Ashoka Garden.
It is possible that the accused have committed more thefts but it would be confirmed in the investigation and details would be provided by Gairatganj police. The police have registered a case under section 41 (2) of the CrPC and 379 of the IPC.