Ludhiana, April 18
The city police have busted a gang involved in stealing motorcycles and recovered seven Bullet motorcycles from their possession.
The arrested accused have been identified as Virsa Singh (29), Harmandeep Singh (18), both residents of Galib Kalan, and Harjinder Singh (21) of Dharamkot in Moga. Gang members Hinda of Galib Kalan and Gurman of Galib Kalan are yet to be arrested.
Later, ADCP Sameer Verma and Police Division 5 SHO Kuldeep Singh addressed mediapersons.
The ADCP said a tip-off was received that the accused were running a gang of vehicle thieves and they had mostly stolen Bullet motorcycles. Afterwards, the police laid a trap and arrested the three accused who were on the way to sell a stolen bullet bike.
Revealing about the modus operandi of the gang, the ADCP said the gang used to do a recce before stealing any Bullet motorcycle. Though the police had recovered seven motorcycles from the city, the gang had stolen over a dozen motorcycles and they had sold some of the stolen vehicles.
The ADCP said the police would also recover the bikes which were sold by the members of the gang. — TNS
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