Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths nabbed a youth and seized stolen bikes worth Rs4 lakh from his possession. The accused had lifted 10 bikes from different parts of the city, police said on Saturday. According to police, the accused was identified as Jay Kumar Verma (24) hailing from Khudmudi village under Dharsiva police station. He used to live in a rented house at Saddu locality.
Inspector Sanjay Singh of CCB informed that Verma was arrested near mosque in Moudhapara area on a tip-off that he was trying to sell bikes at throwaway prices. During interrogation, police asked him to produce documents related with bikes he was trying to sell and he failed to give a convincing answer. When he was further grilled, he confessed about stealing bikes, police said. Based on the information provided by Verma, 10 bikes were recovered that were parked in different locations of the city. The market value of bikes is about Rs4 lakh, police claimed.