Pramesh Jain
The West Division police of Upparpet police on tuesday arrested three persons and recovered eight stolen bikes worth Rs 7.3 lakh from them.
The accused Syed Nazim,23,Imran Shariff,21,and Saqlain Ahmed, 21 from Shivajinagar were caught during a lock down enforcement checks.
Senior officer told media persons,2 suspicious persons were detained at COVID lockdown enforcement check point in upparpet police station limits.
The police team deployed at checkpoint who were on patrolling noticed two persons who were moving suspiciously and when the police party questioned them why they are out after 10 am the duo dint gave proper information and on suspect the team detained both of them and took them to station for further questioning.
During investigation the team got suspicion on their behaviour and the team was not satisfied with their statement the crime team grilled them in police style who spilled the beans and a detailed investigation by the inspector and team led them to confess the crime.
The duo said they were moving around to target lonely people and said that on Monday he and his associates confronted,Manjunath,a 34-year-old salesman near Tulasi Park, kempegowda metro station in Upparpet and robbed his mobile phone at knife point.
Manjunath was trying to book bike on rent from his mobile,when the accused approached him on the pretext of inquiring an address and took away mobile phone worth Rs 13,000 and escaped.
Based on their statement the team arrested his associate and based on their confession the police recovered the 8 stolen bikes and a mobile phone which they had robbed from a 34 year old salesman on Monday with this the team has recovered stolen property Worth Rs.7.3 lakhs from them.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP West,Dr.Sanjeev M Patil,ACP,P Ravi, PI,Shivaswamy CB,PSI,Narayan,and crime staff as,Mahadevaswamy,Mahadevappa,and other crime staff has been appreciated for their exemplary work done in nabbing the trio and recovering stolen bikes and mobile phone from them and for the commendable job done by the team a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.
