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Ludhiana: 39 cases of vehicle lifting solved with arrest of two
According to the police, the accused have already sold 35 stolen two-wheelers to scrap dealers, who further dismantled them
Division Number 6 police have arrested two two-wheeler lifters and recovered four stolen vehicles from their possession. According to the police, the accused have already sold 35 stolen two-wheelers to scrap dealers, who further dismantled them.
The arrested accused have been identified as Surinder Kumar alias Vicky of Daba and Inderjit Thakur of Dhandari Khurd.
Two scrap dealers identified as Bhoora and his son-in-law Sonu are yet to be arrested.
Division Number 6 SHO Amandeep Singh said they arrested the accused near Tikona Park on Overlock Road following a tip-off and recovered a stolen Activa from their possession.
Later, on the basis of information provided by the accused, three more scooters were recovered from the accused.
About the modus operandi of the accused, the SHO said that Surinder used to steal the vehicles from different areas by using duplicate keys and then hand over the stolen vehicles to Inderjit Thakur.
“Later, the duo used to sell the stolen vehicles to two scrap dealers Bhoora and Sonu who further sold the parts of the vehicles after dismantling them,” he added.
A case under sections 379, 34, 411, and 201 of the IPC was registered against the accused at the Division Number 6 police station.
“A manhunt has been launched to arrest the two scrap dealers,” the SHO said.
