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Two persons were arrested by Arakkonam Town constabulary adjacent Arakkonam municipality successful Ranipet connected Saturday for stealing two-wheelers mostly astatine nationalist places successful Vellore, Ranipet, and Tiruvannamalai districts.
Police said the arrested persons were identified arsenic B. Chandru, 23, and G. Raghavendra, 34. They are residents of Pernambut municipality adjacent Katpadi successful Vellore. Police recovered 9 two-wheelers from them.
Initial enquiry revealed that aft doing a fewer unusual jobs, the duo started to bargain two-wheelers astatine nationalist places and temple festivals successful these districts to evade attraction from nationalist and the police. As helium antecedently worked arsenic a helper successful a mechanic store , Chandra tin repair two-wheelers and region its spare parts.
Based connected respective complaints particularly from affected persons, Ranipet Superintendent of Police (SP), Ayman Jamal, formed peculiar teams to nab the duo. They besides analysed CCTV footage connected the routes wherever two-wheelers were stolen astatine nationalist events.
During astonishment conveyance checks, a constabulary squad comprising K. Jayakandan and S. Chiranjeevi, sub-inspectors of Arakkonam Town police, stopped the duo, who were successful a two-wheeler, connected Arakkonam - Sholingur Main Road.
They gave contradictory statements that aroused suspicion of the police. Neither did they amusement valid documents of the vehicle. They were brought to the constabulary station.
Police said the duo told them that they people two-wheelers that are parked hurriedly by owners successful nationalist places. All two-wheelers beryllium to the aforesaid motorcycle institution arsenic they recovered it easier to resell them successful the achromatic marketplace for a precocious price.
Stolen two-wheelers were kept successful heavy bushes beneath a span connected the agelong earlier vehicles were sold without documents, mostly to cultivation workers, amerciable arrack sellers successful adjoining districts.
Each stolen two-wheeler is sold betwixt ₹ 5,000 - ₹ 10,000. A lawsuit was registered and aboriginal they were lodged astatine Central Prison successful Vellore. A probe is nether way.
