<p>A police constable here was caught while stealing a motorcycle belonging to one of his colleagues. During investigation, it came to light that the accused had made it a habit to steal motorcycles.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Harish Kumar Jat posted in the human rights department was finally arrested. Kotwali police, which had been following a case of motorcycle theft, also recovered three more motorcycles from the constable.<br /><br />All the three two-wheelers recovered from him belonged to policemen in the city.<br /><br />Jat told police that he used to steal policemen’s motorcycles as no one would doubt his involvement as he was also a cop and the vehicles had police signage.<br /><br />Out of luck<br /><br />However, Jat’s luck ran out after he was seen on CCTV while stealing a head constable’s motorcycle in Kotwali police station. <br /><br />He had gone to Kotwali police station to manage a visit of students arranged by the human rights department. <br /><br />He was there in plain clothes.<br /><br />Duplicate key <br /><br />After some time, he excused himself on the pretext of some personal work, came out of the police station and tried to open the lock of a bike using a duplicate key, which he always carried with him. <br /><br />While pretending to be talking on his cellphone, he tried to open the locks of four motorcycles, but was unsuccessful. <br /><br />He successfully opened the lock of the fifth one, but couldn’t open the ‘start lock’. <br />Then he walked with the vehicle to Chandpol, got a duplicate key made and parked it on Police Lines where he has a quarter. <br /><br />Vehicle missing<br /><br />He calmly returned to the police station after the act. The head constable came out at night to go home and found his vehicle missing. <br /><br />However, scrutiny of the CCTV footage showed Harish taking away the vehicle, following which he was arrested.</p>
<p>A police constable here was caught while stealing a motorcycle belonging to one of his colleagues. During investigation, it came to light that the accused had made it a habit to steal motorcycles.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Harish Kumar Jat posted in the human rights department was finally arrested. Kotwali police, which had been following a case of motorcycle theft, also recovered three more motorcycles from the constable.<br /><br />All the three two-wheelers recovered from him belonged to policemen in the city.<br /><br />Jat told police that he used to steal policemen’s motorcycles as no one would doubt his involvement as he was also a cop and the vehicles had police signage.<br /><br />Out of luck<br /><br />However, Jat’s luck ran out after he was seen on CCTV while stealing a head constable’s motorcycle in Kotwali police station. <br /><br />He had gone to Kotwali police station to manage a visit of students arranged by the human rights department. <br /><br />He was there in plain clothes.<br /><br />Duplicate key <br /><br />After some time, he excused himself on the pretext of some personal work, came out of the police station and tried to open the lock of a bike using a duplicate key, which he always carried with him. <br /><br />While pretending to be talking on his cellphone, he tried to open the locks of four motorcycles, but was unsuccessful. <br /><br />He successfully opened the lock of the fifth one, but couldn’t open the ‘start lock’. <br />Then he walked with the vehicle to Chandpol, got a duplicate key made and parked it on Police Lines where he has a quarter. <br /><br />Vehicle missing<br /><br />He calmly returned to the police station after the act. The head constable came out at night to go home and found his vehicle missing. <br /><br />However, scrutiny of the CCTV footage showed Harish taking away the vehicle, following which he was arrested.</p>
