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Chandigarh, October 18 – Haryana Police has busted an interstate gang of vehicle thieves and arrested two of its members from Kurukshetra district. Police has also recovered 14 bikes and two cars from their possession. The gang was active in Kurukshetra, Karnal, Ambala, Yamunanagar, Patiala and Chandigarh.
Giving this information here today, a Haryana Police spokesperson informed that arrested accused have been identified as Gurmeet and Lakha, both residents of Kurukshetra district.
During interrogation, the accused admitted that they had stolen seven motorcycles from different places in district Kurukshetra including 2 from the area of police station Ladwa, 2 from Shahabad, 2 from Thanesar area and one from the Ismailabad police station area. Apart from this, suspects had also stolen seven bikes from different locations of Chandigarh, Karnal, Ambala, Yamunanagar and Patiala. In addition, they also confessed that they had stolen two cars from Panchkula and Dera Bassi in Punjab.
It was also revealed that the accused were trying to sell the stolen vehicles outside Haryana and Punjab.
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The accused used to take the help of their associate while carrying out the theft. They would sit near a parking lot and keep an eye on the people passing by. When a person would leave his motorcycle in the parking lot, then one of the aides would followed that person for some distance to see where he was going. After that one of his companions would break the lock of the bike parked in the parking and flee from the spot with the vehicle.
After getting a complaint about theft of a bike in Kurukshetra, a police team based on intelligence and other inputs has arrested the accused. With their arrest, at least 16 cases of vehicle thefts were solved and in further probe, more of their aides could be arrested.
