The Basta police in Baleswar district have busted an inter-State gang involved is lifting of four-wheelers and arrested four persons in the connection.
The cops have also recovered an SUV from Jharkhand, which was stolen from the district.
The arrested accused were identified as Manoj Nayak of Sadar area, SK Salim and Sk Sahil of Baripada town,and Imtaz Alam of Ghamaria in Jharkhand.
About a week ago, an FIR had been lodged by one Sujit Sen stating that his car was stolen from the Mathani area.
After receiving the complaint the Basta police carried intensive raids at several places including in Bengal and Jharkhand and managed to recover the SUV.
Basta PS IIC Manas Deo said, “The accused persons have been forwarded to court . It is suspected that they are involved in the more similar crimes. Prayer would be made before the court to take them on remand and interrogate in connection with other car theft cases.”