Palamu police have recovered five stolen bikes and held three people in this connection, said Shambhu K Singh DSP Chhaterpur.
Singh said the three persons held are from Bihar. Two of the three Sonu Kumar and Santosh Kumar have a criminal record and are habitual bike lifters. The third held Birju Mehta is one where was hidden two stolen bikes. Sonu and Santosh come from Kootumba police station while Birju from Madan pur police station. Palamu police recovered two hidden and stolen bikes in Madanpur and two same bikes hidden & stolen in Obra police station and these two police stations fall in Bihar’s Aurangabad district.
Palamu has so far identified 3 of the 5 stolen bikes while for remaining 2 bikes cases are being rummages in different police stations here.
Bihar police gave a big hand to Jharkhand Palamu police when it went there to seize these bikes as arrested Sonu Kumar had given precise details about these four stolen bikes kept in hiding in 2 different police stations Madanpur and Obra. One Arjun Mehta of Obra police station where Palamu police recovered two stolen bikes escaped arrest by Palamu police.