The Commissionerate police on Wednesday cracked a series of two-wheeler looting cases here with the arrest of two, including kingpin, from Midnapore in West Bengal.
A juvenile of the robbers’ gang was also detained in this connection.
The arrestees were identified as kingpin Sheikh Rulamin and his aide Sheikh Mujibur , both residents of Midnapore.
While the two arrestees were forwarded to court, the juvenile was sent to the correctional home.
Rulamin and Sheikh Mujibur were using the juvenile for lifting the vehicles. Rulamin was supplying the stolen bikes to West Bengal and Mujubar was engaged in selling those in Kharagpur area.
The cops managed to recover three vehicles from West Bengal. More stolen vehicles would be retrieved on basis of the information during interrogation of the accused, said Kharavela Nagar PS IIC Biswa Ranjan Senapati.
The arrest came following a complaint by Subash Chandra Mahabhoi of Begunia area was lodged at the Kharavela Nagar police station on May 31, a day after his bike was stolen in front of a bank at Janpath in Bhubaneswar.
Based on the complaint, the police verified the CCTV footages of the bank and found a juvenile was stealing the bike. Acting promptly, the cops tracked the accused following which the entire racket was busted.