Patna: Patna police arrested two members of an interstate vehicle theft gang from Athmalgola police station area on Sunday.According to the police, they received a complaint on June 12 regarding the theft of a truck. Taking swift action, the police constituted a team and, through intelligence inputs, arrested one Neeraj Kumar Singh of Mokama and Moti Kumar of Kaila Tand in Giridih district (Jharkhand). The stolen truck was also recovered.Patna SSP, Kartikeya K Sharma, said the gang was engaged in selling stolen trucks for use in liquor smuggling. “Raids are going on to arrest other members of the gang. Investigations into the operation of this gang have also shed light on the truck theft which occurred in June under Didarganj police station area, as well as the SUV theft case reported in June from Begusarai district,” he said.Similarly, the police had arrested four members of a vehicle theft gang—Mohd Miraj alias Sanna, Pramod Kumar, Ramesh Mahto and Rajeev Kumar—in the case of lifting of a scooty on June 25 from Bahadurpur police station area. Police recovered three stolen motorcycles and a scooty from their hideouts.The SSP said the accused—Sanna and Pramod—had earlier gone to jail in cases of robbery, snatching and Arms Act.Meanwhile, police on Sunday arrested seven robbers and recovered two bikes, melted gold jewellery (13.2 grams), and four stolen cellphones from them. A case was registered at Bypass police station when miscreants riding two bikes snatched a gold mangalsutra and ornament from two women on June 27.
