The alertness of a complainant and the improvement in barricade checking across the district has proved to be a boon for the victim and a bane for the culprit in a case of vehicle theft. Superintendent of Police (city), Shweta Choubey, said that just within an hour after receiving information about a stolen vehicle, the police were able to nab the culprit with the car at Asharodi Chowk.
As per the information provided by Choubey, the arrested accused has been identified as Clement Town resident Ramesh Sharma. He used to drive a taxi earlier but was unemployed for a long time, after which he decided to commit this crime.
Giving further details about the case, she said that at about 10:30 am on Wednesday, they received information at Cantt police station. The complainant, Neeraj Kumar Aggarwal, a tours and travel operator told the police that at about 9:40 am, he left his car keys inside the car and went inside his house for some quick work.
By the time he came back, his car was gone. First, they tried to look around but upon realising that the car had been stolen, they reached the Cantt police station and filed the complaint.