The Jagatsinghpur police along with their Tirtol counterparts unearthed two bike-lifting rackets and arrested six persons for their alleged involvement in stealing 31motorcycles from various places in Jagatsinghpur district.
Briefing mediapersons here on Friday, Jagatsinghpur SP Sudha Singh said that a police team had nabbed a bike lifter from Samanga village here a week ago. While interrogating, he revealed that stolen bikes from Jagatsinghpur had been sold in Baleswar district. Following this, a police team moved to Baleswar and recovered 11 stolen bikes along with arresting two of his associates.
Meanwhile, the Tirtol police nabbed three persons in Cuttack district. During interrogation, the trio signaled about an inter-district bike theft racket, following which the police raided several locations in Keonjhar district and recovered 20 stolen bikes.