The Nikirai police on Monday arrested a 44-year-old occultist on bike lifting charge. The police also seized a stolen bike from his possession whose owner is from Harichandanpur in Keonjhar district, informed Nikirai police station IIC Pramod Kumar lenka.
The accused was identified as Ranjan Kar, a resident of Deradhia under Derabish police limit.
During night patrolling, a police team came across Kar who was riding a bike suspiciously at Indupur. When the police chased him, Kar allegedly fled towards Dhumat. But on being nabbed, he failed to show the bike documents and confessed that he had stolen the bike from Harichandanpur.
later, he identified him as an occultist and disclosed that he had stolen 142 motorbikes in and outside the district. Kar had been earlier arrested for the crime as well.
Kar modus operandi is that he wins faith of the people by assuring to solve their problem through puja. He asks his follower to bring some items for the puja which the latter can’t find in the locality. So, he takes the bike of the man to fetch the items and never returns.