The Brahmapur Town police have identified an inter-district motorbike theft racket and recovered 18 stolen motorcycles from the gang and arrested three persons involved in the incidents of bike lifting. However, the mastermind of the racket has been absconding.
This was disclosed by Brahmapur SDPO Thakur Prasad Patra at a Press meet here. Mention may be made that when two days back the Town police was conducting a verification of vehicles near Ramalingam Tank Road, one S Prem Dora, who was riding a motorcycle, could not produce the documents in support of his ownership of the vehicle. During interrogation of Dora, the police succeeded in getting a clue and arrested the three persons involved in this incident.
The accused were as identified as Prem Dora of village Kansamari, Manoj Kumar Prusti of Dengaosta and lakshmidhar Sahu. The police recovered eight bikes from Dora; three from Prusti and five from Sahu. Earlier, the police had recovered two stolen bikes, including a Honda Activa, from the gang. The three accused were forwarded to court.
The police identified the mastermind of the racket as Kalia Barik of Bhubaneswar, who has been at large. Out of the 18 motorbikes recovered, two were stolen from the BNPur police station area and the remaining bikes were stolen from the Town police station area. The bikes include three Pulsars, a Honda Activa, and the other ones are mostly Hero Honda and Pyasan Pro. The other members of the racket would be nabbed soon, said SDPO Patra. IIC of Town police station Anil Mishra was present at the Press conference.