The police on Monday busted an inter-district vehicle theft racket and arrested three persons in the connection from Pipili in the district and later forwarded them to judicial custody.
The arrestees were identified as Tahir Akhtar (22) alias Niki alias Sir, Md Karim(28) alias Tipu and Asif Khan (28). All of them are residents of Danagohir village under the Pipili police station.
A Tata Sumo and ten stolen motorcycles were recovered from their possession.
The gang was active in areas under four police stations stretching from Bhubaneswar to Banpur of Khordha district, informed police.
Police said several cases are pending against the gang members in the Chandrasekharpur, Mancheswar, Laxmisagar and Banpur police station areas.
They lifted vehicles from Bhubaneswar, Khordha, Nayagarh and Puri.