Berhampur Cops bust Veteran bike-lifter, arrest one
Manoj Kanta Dash,Odishabarta
Berhampur: Police on Thursday claimed to have busted a veteran bike-lifter with the arrest of one person from MKCG Medical Campus in Berhampur city. The cops also recovered 12 motorcycles.
Investigating into a complaint about theft of a motorcycle, the police picked up L.Shiva Reddy (22) S/o L.Krushnamurty Reddy of Gokanapur, Digapahandi on Thursday and found that he had stolen several motorcycles and mobile phones.
Reddy was arrested on bike-lifting charges after it was ascertained during interrogation that he had committed a series of motorcycle theft cases from various places but mainly he focus especially MKCG-MCH Hospital campus of Berhampur as main crime Hub and his selling with Cut-throw price to contraband Mafia at Mohona area in Gajapati.
Prabhat Routray, ASP Berhampur said on Thursday in a joint raid was conducted IIC of Gosaninuagaon, Summet Soren Town IIC, Suresh Tripathy and B.N.Pur IIC Sarada Dash and they lift the Bike lifter the veteran L.Shiva Reddy aged about 22 of village Gokanapur, under Digapahandi police limit who was apprehended along with a stolen Honda shine Motor Cycle which was stolen from Medical campus.
During sustained interrogation, L.Shiva Reddy handed over 09 theft Motorcycles to the police team which he has stolen along with his associates from different places. Investigation is going on to locate the owners of the above motorcycles. Ready was booked U/s 379 IPC.he added.
Laudable to mention, that, after Corona pandemic variety of criminals, anti-socials were active in city last couple of days and the modus of their activity in different character, but to curb them by any means all police station officials instructed to control up to zero tolerance said Pinak Mishra,SP,Berhampur.
