19-year-old Mauli Jagran resident held with four stolen scooters, phone

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 16

The police have arrested a Mauli Jagran resident, Sumit, alias Golu (19), and recovered four stolen scooters and a mobile from him.

A case under Section 411 of the IPC has been registered against the suspect at the Sector 26 police station. He had stolen a scooter from Mani Majra in October 2020.

The suspect was interrogated and produced before a court, which remanded him in one-day police custody. His interrogation led to the recovery of four stolen scooters and a mobile phone.

The police said the suspect disclosed that he had also stolen a scooter from Sector 14, Panchkula. The scooter has been recovered. He had also stolen a scooter from Sector 29, Chandigarh, and another from the Industrial Area, Phase 1, near the Elante mall. Both stolen scooters have been recovered from Mauli Jagran.

The suspect had stolen a mobile phone from Shastri Nagar. Sumit was arrested by the Panchkula police in an NDPS case in April 2021, the police said.