Bike lifter gang busted; 15 Motorcycles worth Rs 25 lakhs recovered in Rajouri

2 Burglaries solved; Gold & Electronic items valuing around 6 lakhs recovered in Rajouri

Rajouri, 30 July 2024: Jammu & Kashmir Police in Rajouri district busted a gang involved in bike lifting and has recovered as many as 15 bikes from the possession of accused.

Police said that on 16th of April, a written application was lodged in PS Rajouri by a resident of Dhanour, Jarallan Rajouri who stated to have parked his motorcycle bearing registration number JK11E-4637 outside his residence but next morning the vehicle was missing.

On receipt of this application, a case in FIR No 273/2024 U/S 379 IPC was registered and investigation was started during which several suspects were rounded up and with the assistance of CCTV footage and technical analysis, one Shoket Ahmed son of Mohd Shafi resident of Kundal Dhan Tehsil Chasana in district Reasi was identified as main suspect and detained, later put to questioning during which he confessed about theft of the motorcycle.

The said person was arrested in the instant case and on his disclosure, his other associates namely Aftar Hussain S/O Mohd Iqbal R/O Kalakote; Mudasir Mir S/O Parvaiz Mir R/O Shar Tehsil Mahore, District Reasi and Zafar Hussain S/O Abdul Hussain R/O Kote Dhara Tehsil Rajouri were arrested.

With these arrests, 15 stolen motorcycles worth around 25 Lacs were recovered and 04 Cases in FIR No’s 273, 292, 314 and 326 of 2024 registered at PS Rajouri stands solved.

Notably, the sincere efforts of police team led by SHO PS Rajouri also resulted in solving 02 more burglaries committed in Rajouri in respect of which, 02 Cases in FIR No’s 67 & 186 of 2024 were under investigation.

Mentionable that during investigation of duo burglaries, three burglars namely Sharn Sharma @ Sunny S/O Satish Kumar R/O Rajouri; Anil Singh S/O Prem Singh R/O Ransoo and Nadeem Khan S/O Mohd Kabir R/O Nerojal Saj were arrested.