Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
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he Kamakshipalya police on Saturday arrested 40 year old bike lifter and recovered 10 scooters worth Rs 5.2 lakh from him.
The accused has been identified as,Srinivasa, resident of CB Pura in Gubbi Taluk.
Senior officer told reporters,Based on a bike theft complaint, the kamakshipalya police inspector, Prashanth M and his crime staff visited the crime scene and after analysing the CCTV footage a special team was pressed into action.
Based on local intelligence and technical inputs the team tracked down the bike lifter.
During investigation the accused has been identified as Srinivasa,a resident of CB pura and based on his statement the team recovered 10 scooters from his possession
A detailed investigation by the team it was revealed that he would target only TVS XL scooters as he did not know how to ride gear bikes,the police said.
Explaining the modus Operandi,the police said that the accused would come to city by bus carrying hand-held hammer and a crow bar .
He would move around the city to identify parked scooters.He would watch the scooter for sometime and then would break the lock using hammer and crow bar and ride back to his home town .
The accused would then sell the stolen scooters to his contacts who would in turn sell it to the people in rural areas.
The police are now tracking down the owner of the vehicles based on the registration number of the vehicle to handover them.
A case has been registered in Kamakshipalya police station and further investigation is on.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,then ACP, Nanjundegowda,PI,Prashanth M,PSI,Murthy and their crime staff who has done a commendable job in nabbing the notorious bike lifter and a suitable reward will be given to whole team he added.
