In a significant breakthrough, the Commissionerate police special squad on Saturday arrested two persons for fleeing with vehicles from unsuspecting owners on the pretext of taking test drives.
According to reports, one Amit Nayak of Khordha, along with a garage owner was stealing vehicles of people in the pretext of test driving.
Nayak would go online marketplace website OLX and find advertisements featuring details of vehicles up for sale. He would then contact the owners, posing as a potential customer, accompanied by the garage owner.
They pretended to take the vehicles for a ride to check their condition and later fled with them.
About 50 two-wheelers were recovered from their possession. Sources reveal that the duo had committed the crimes in Laxmisagar, Nayapalli and Old Town areas of the State capital as well as in Cuttack, Bhanjanagar and Brahmapur.