A motorcycle thief caught red handed by the police has confessed to having stolen eight motorcycles from the lalkuan area and selling them in Nepal.
Thefts of motorcycles had been increasing in the past few months in lalkuan and adjoining rural areas.Three days ago a motorcycle was stolen in broad daylight from outside a petrol pump here. later the police received information that a person was waiting for his accomplice near Subhasnagar barrier to sell a stolen bike. A police team nabbed a man from the site with a stolen bike.
The man was identified as Amit Gangvar. On being questioned by the police, he said that he had stolen at least eight motorcycles from this area so far. He had sold the stolen bikes in Nepal. Gangvar said that he used to sell the stolen bikes to one Deepak Kumar on the Indo-Nepal border. The police are now attempting to nab Kumar.