Bangalore:
The Bangalore police have arrested a 21-year-old youth, accused of stealing 30 bikes and other vehicles worth Rs 30 lakh. To avoid routine checking, he would paste a PRESS sticker on the vehicles.
However, his luck ran out when he approached a senior police officer posing as an ophthalmologist and sought his favour to get one of his seized stolen bike released.
Waheed-ur-Rehman, a Tumkur resident, is a diploma holder in ophthalmology. A while ago, while he was working as a marketing executive, he sold the company bike, and claimed that the vehicle was stolen. The management sacked him for negligence. Following this incident, he stole two more bikes using duplicate keys. Soon, he started doing this full-time.
He would forge the documents and sell the vehicles at throwaway prices. In order to hoodwink the police Waheed would paste PRESS stickers on the bikes to avoid routine vehicle checks.
But his luck started to run out when the police picked up Azmat, one of his clients who had purchased a bike from him, on suspicion. Upon checking, the police found that the documents were fake, and the chassis number of the vehicle did not match with the documents.
Azmat called up Waheed for his help. Waheed approached East division ACP BB Ashok Kumar, introducing himself as a doctor from Mahaveer Jain hospital. He proposed that he would conduct free yearly check-up for the cops, and sought his permission.
After the meeting, Waheed went out and returned within a few minutes, seeking a 'favour' -- the police let go of Azmat's vehicle. But Kumar made further inquiries, and he found that Waheed's vehicle was a stolen one as well.
Incidentally, Waheed had come to the ACP office on a different bike, with the registration number matching Azmat's.
Kumar immediately asked his officials to detain Waheed. A detailed interrogation led Waheed to confess that he had stolen around 30 two-wheelers and two cars worth Rs 30 lakh.
He confessed that he had also cheated the police in his hometown in a similar fashion. The police also recovered the bike belonging to his former employer, which he had sold.
Taking strong exception, the city police commissioner has directed the police to check vehicles bearing press stickers compulsorily as instances of misuse are on the rise.
However, his luck ran out when he approached a senior police officer posing as an ophthalmologist and sought his favour to get one of his seized stolen bike released.
Waheed-ur-Rehman, a Tumkur resident, is a diploma holder in ophthalmology. A while ago, while he was working as a marketing executive, he sold the company bike, and claimed that the vehicle was stolen. The management sacked him for negligence. Following this incident, he stole two more bikes using duplicate keys. Soon, he started doing this full-time.
He would forge the documents and sell the vehicles at throwaway prices. In order to hoodwink the police Waheed would paste PRESS stickers on the bikes to avoid routine vehicle checks.
But his luck started to run out when the police picked up Azmat, one of his clients who had purchased a bike from him, on suspicion. Upon checking, the police found that the documents were fake, and the chassis number of the vehicle did not match with the documents.
Azmat called up Waheed for his help. Waheed approached East division ACP BB Ashok Kumar, introducing himself as a doctor from Mahaveer Jain hospital. He proposed that he would conduct free yearly check-up for the cops, and sought his permission.
After the meeting, Waheed went out and returned within a few minutes, seeking a 'favour' -- the police let go of Azmat's vehicle. But Kumar made further inquiries, and he found that Waheed's vehicle was a stolen one as well.
Incidentally, Waheed had come to the ACP office on a different bike, with the registration number matching Azmat's.
Kumar immediately asked his officials to detain Waheed. A detailed interrogation led Waheed to confess that he had stolen around 30 two-wheelers and two cars worth Rs 30 lakh.
He confessed that he had also cheated the police in his hometown in a similar fashion. The police also recovered the bike belonging to his former employer, which he had sold.
Taking strong exception, the city police commissioner has directed the police to check vehicles bearing press stickers compulsorily as instances of misuse are on the rise.
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