Bike lifter arrested with three stolen bike, scooties from Amtali

Based on specific complaints, police on Saturday arrested a notorious bike lifter from Ashwani market area under Amtali police station of West Tripura district and recovered stolen two scooty and a motorbike from his house.

Giving details, SDPO (Amtali) Paramita Pandey said that one Sukanta paul of Hapania area has filed a complaint at the Amtali police station that on January 11 last his scooty has been missing from the opposite area of Hapania International Fair Ground.

Based on the complaint, a team of Amtali police station started an investigation and by reviewing all CCTV footage, they have managed to identify the suspected bike lifter.

Based on the information, police in the early hours of Saturday raided the house of one Kamal Dey and Ashwani market area under the same police station and recovered the stolen scooty of Sukanta Paul.

She said that during the raid , police had also recovered two more stolen bikes and a scooty from his house.

Ms Pandey added that the accused bike lifter was involved in many stolen cases and they started investigation to get details of theft cases and on Saturday produced him before a local court with police remand appeals for further interrogation.