The crime department of Chandigarh Police caught an 18-year-old boy driving a scooter with a faux quantity plate close to the open air theater in Sector 48 on Saturday.

Police mentioned they stopped Amrish of Jagatpura village, Mohali, for checking at a naka and located that the scooter he was driving had a bike’s registration quantity.

On checking the scooter’s chassis quantity, it was discovered that it was stolen from Phase 11, Mohali. When the scooter proprietor, Surinder Kaur, was referred to as to the spot, she recognized the automobile as hers and mentioned she had additionally filed a theft criticism on the Phase-11 police station. Through additional interrogation, a stolen auto-rickshaw was additionally recovered from {the teenager}.

A case underneath Sections 471 (utilizing as real a solid doc or digital report), 473 (making or possessing counterfeit seal, and so on, with intent to commit forgery) and 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) of the Indian Penal Code was registered on the Sector-49 police station.

The accused was introduced earlier than a court docket and despatched to judicial custody. Police mentioned he was a first-time offender.