The native police have busted an interstate gang of auto lifters and arrested a person. The gang, which stole solely bullet bikes, was energetic in areas of Chandigarh and Mohali.

The arrested accused recognized as Amritpal Singh, 20, hails from Firozpur. He was arrested on disclosure of accused Sanender Singh, 19, from Tarn Taran. Officials stated Sanender was arrested on November 23, close to flip 66 KV Station, Kajheri, sector 52, with a stolen bullet bike, in opposition to which an FIR was already lodged at Sector 36 police station.

After the arrest, police recovered 15 stolen autos from their possession.

In interrogation accused Sanender revealed that he together with Amritpal Singh and one grasp thoughts used to additional promote the stolen bikes within the rural areas of district Firozpur and Tarn Taran.

“The accused used to sell these motorcycles on the earnest money and promised to take the remaining amount after handing over papers of vehicles, but they did not take the rest as they didn’t have any documents,” stated Shruti Arora, superintendent of police (SP) whereas addressing media on Tuesday.

The police stated each the accused are drug addicts and to fulfill their day-to-day expenditures in addition to for lavish life-style, they began committing thefts through the wee hours. The accused used to focus on bullet bikes following the excessive demand of the bike in Punjab and had been solely energetic in south sector for straightforward exits.

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Investigations revealed that the accused are matriculates. “They had learned the method of breaking the lock of bullet motorcycle and then by connecting a few wires of the motorcycle would drive away,” added SP.

In final 6 months, theft of about 40 bullet bikes had been reported from Chandigarh and Mohali, she added. With the arrest of accused, complete 6 instances have been labored out that embrace 2 of Sector 36 police station, 1 of Sector 49 police station and three instances of Sector 39 police station.

As per police information, Amritpal Singh had a case of rioting registered in opposition to him in Firozpur, whereas, no case has been discovered in opposition to Sanender.