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Two persons were arrested by the Arakkonam Town constabulary successful Ranipet connected Sunday (February 1, 2026) connected charges of stealing two-wheelers, mostly from nationalist places successful Vellore, Ranipet, and Tiruvannamalai districts.
The constabulary said the arrested persons were identified arsenic K. Parameshwaran, 28, a autochthonal of Vellore, and S. Karthik, 37, a nonmigratory of Thiruninravur adjacent Avadi. Initial inquiries revealed that the duo began stealing two-wheelers from crowded nationalist places and temple festivals successful these districts to evade nationalist and constabulary attention. Parameshwaran, who has worked arsenic a helper astatine a mechanic workshop, past goes connected to repair them oregon region their spare parts.
Based connected respective complaints, 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 stopped the duo, who were connected a two-wheeler, connected the Arakkonam-Thakkolam Main Road. They gave contradictory statements that aroused suspicion.
The constabulary said the duo targeted two-wheelers that were hastily parked by owners successful nationalist places. All two-wheelers belonged to the aforesaid motorcycle company, arsenic the duo recovered it easier to resell them successful the achromatic marketplace astatine precocious prices.
The stolen two-wheelers were kept hidden successful heavy bushes beneath a bridge, earlier they were resold without documents, mostly to cultivation workers and amerciable arrack sellers successful adjoining districts.
Each stolen two-wheeler was sold betwixt ₹5,000 to ₹10,000, the constabulary said.
