Rural police arrest motorcycle thief stealing motorcycle from city

Aurangabad, May 27:

The rural police local crime branch arrested a motorcycle

thief who used to steal motorcycles from Aurangabad city and sell it through

his friend in Bhokardan and Sillod areas. The arrested has been identified as

Rameshwar Machindra Taji (31, Bakwalnagar, Waluj). The police have seized three

motorcycles amounting Rs 1.5 lakh from him.

Four months back, the police had arrested Taji’s accomplice

and seized 24 motorcycles from him. He confessed that all these motorcycles

were stolen by Taji. He was at large since then.

The police were after him since then. The police on Thursday

received the information that he was hiding at his home at Bakwalnagar. The

police laid a trap and arrested him. The police action was executed by PI

Bhagwant Phunde, PSI Sandeep Solunke, constable Shrimant Bhalerao, Dhraj

Jadhav, Balu pathrikar, Rahul Pagare and others. The police seized three

motorcycles from him and he told that two of these were stolen from Aurangabad

city and one from Mumbai.