Baddi cops arrest 3 youths for vehicle theft

Tribune News Service

Solan, February 21

Baddi police have arrested three youth from various districts in Rajasthan and Haryana last evening involved in the theft of a Bolero car (HP-12-D-0468) from the Suncity Road at Baddi on February 7.

SP Baddi, Rohit Malpani said a team led by Inspector Lakhveer Singh arrested Mukesh Kumar (30), a resident of Loharwara in Jaipur, Subash Kumar (31), a resident of Surani in Sikar district of Rajasthan and Rakesh Kumar, a resident of Rehroda in Charkhi Dadri in Haryana. The police teams conducted raids at Jaipur, Sikar and Charkhi Dadri districts to arrest the trio. They were brought to Baddi today.

Mukesh Kumar and Subash Kumar have criminal history with several cases being registered against them in Rajasthan.

As many as eight FIRs are registered against Mukesh Kumar for various cases of vehicle theft and robbery while as many as 26 are registered against Subash Kumar for looting, dacoity, vehicle theft and robbery. They were habitual offenders who had shifted to the Baddi area to steal vehicles.

They will be produced in a local court to seek their police remand, added the SP.

Their arrest has once again brought to fore the operation of several Rajasthan-based gangs in this bordering industrial area where crime rate was high and several inter-state gangs were in operation.