Ferozepur police crackdown on Bike Theft Ring, 4 held with 21 stolen bikes
Ferozepur, August 6, 2024: The two teams of Ferozepur police in its drive against anti-social elements and to snub the criminals in the area, busted a gang of bike lifters in the area with heavy recovery of bikes, mobiles, cash and gold items.
Divulging with the details, Soumya Mishra, SSP Ferozepur said, Ravi Kumar, SHO Talwanid Bhai along with Kulwant Singh SI and Gurmit Singh, SHO Kulgarhi along with Baljit Singh SI arrested four criminals identified as Teja Singh, Sukhpreet alias Sukha, Prithvi, Pratham with recovery 21 bikes besides 5 mobile, Rs.1.5 lakh cash and one each gold ring and chain weighing 2 tolas. All these have been arrested with the help of scrutiny and comparison of CCTV cameras. They were not only operating in Ferozepur but also in the adjoining districts and further selling the stolen bikes at a very nominal amount. All these accused have been booked under various Sections of new criminal laws – BNS at the respective police stations. Further investigations are on and more clues are likely to come to the surface about their criminal record.
SSP said, as per the old record of these accused, Teja Singh is facing a case under the NDPS Act at PS Ghall Khurder of 2021, Prithvi Singh is involved in four cases under various offences including Excise Act and Pratham Singh is also involved in 4 cases.
The accused are being produced in the court to get police remand and more recoveries are expected from them. Our effort is to continue with this campaign against the criminals to maintain peace and law and order in the area, SSP added.