Vehicle lifters gang busted, 3 held

BHOPAL: Police on Wednesday busted a three-member gang of vehicle lifters and recovered 23 motorbikes from their possession. The accused hailed from Harda district and used to reach here by train to identify targets and lift vehicles.
The accused were identified as Rajesh Tiwari and his two accomplices- Ashok Vishnoi and Vikas Agrawal all residents of Harda district.
The accused committed theft of two-wheelers here and returned back and sold off the vehicles to unsuspecting farmers who never inquired about its registration details.
Police said the accused Rajesh Tiwari was caught while he was suspiciously talking on a mobile phone regarding a bike. Subsequently, police interrogated him and found discrepancies in his statement and on sustained interrogation admitted the crime. Further interrogations led the police to the other two gang members.
A police team later went to Harda and arrested Ashok Vishnoi and Vikas Agrawal- and recovered 23 bikes that they had sold to the local villagers. Of the total 23 bikes recovered, 20 are Hero Honda bikes while three bikes are TVS. The accused used to sell the bikes at a very low price to the villagers, the police said.
The police have brought all the recovered bikes in loading vehicles back to Bhopal from Harda.
The trio are being interrogated to ascertain if they were also involved in making fake registration documents. They are also being interrogated to recover more bikes, the police added.
Additional superintendent of police Rajesh Singh Chandel said that the used to come to Bhopal in train and ride back on stolen vehicles to their native village.
The city superintendent of police Rameshwar Yadav said policemen were deployed in muftis at the parking lots around New Market to check the rising number of vehicle lifting incidents.