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Bengaluru: The Banaswadi police have arrested a man and recovered eight stolen two-wheelers worth Rs 6 lakh, cracking seven bike theft cases in the city.
The complainant had reported his two-wheeler stolen after he had parked it on Kammanahalli Main Road on July 20. When he returned from work in the evening, the bike was gone. A case of theft was registered, and the police began their investigation, gathering information from witnesses in the area.
On August 3, a man was spotted acting suspiciously, parking a two-wheeler without a number plate near a tea stall on the same road. The police arrested the suspect named Mohammed Jaffar Sadiq, 23, and questioned him.
During interrogation, the suspect is reported to have confessed to the theft and revealed that he was a serial offender, having stolen several two-wheelers from different parts of the city. He then led the police to various locations in KG Halli, Sampigehalli and Thanisandra, where he had hidden the stolen vehicles.
On August 4, based on his information, the police seized seven more two-wheelers, bringing the total number of recovered bikes to eight.
The police have successfully linked the recovered vehicles to seven existing theft cases, with ongoing efforts to trace the owner of the eighth vehicle.
The suspect was produced before the court on August 4 and has since been remanded in judicial custody. The investigation is still ongoing.