Chandrapur police detain minor for stealing tyres of two parked cars, solve two cases

Chandrapur: Ramnagar police have solved two cases in which all four tyres, with alloy wheels, were stolen from two parked cars in the city. The cars were parked on Nagpur Road and in the Kundan Plaza Chowk area, and unidentified thieves had removed their wheels. Police have detained a child in conflict with law in connection with the cases.

Eight stolen tyres with alloy wheels, a moped used in the crime and a car jack were seized from the child. The total value of the seized goods is Rs 1,70,500. According to police, the child has confessed to both thefts. The action solved two serious cases registered at Ramnagar police station.

The first incident took place between 8 pm on October 21, 2026 and 9.30 am on October 22, 2026. Complainant Bhushan Narayanrao Gawande, a resident of Kundan Plaza Chowk, Chandrapur, had parked his Maruti Suzuki Brezza in front of his garage on Nagpur Road. During this period, an unidentified thief took the opportunity to steal all four tyres of the car along with the alloy wheels. A case was registered at Ramnagar police station on Gawande's complaint under Section 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The second incident took place in front of the A-One Car Washing Centre at Kundan Plaza Chowk. A Baleno car that had come to the garage of Lucky Mubarak Hussain Ansari was parked there when unidentified thieves removed all four of its tyres along with the alloy wheels. A case was registered at Ramnagar police station in this matter too, under crime number 1232/2026, Section 303(2) of the BNS.

Taking serious note of the thefts, Superintendent of Police Ayush Nopani, Additional Superintendent of Police Ishwar Katkade and Sub-Divisional Police Officer Pramod Chaugule instructed the force to trace the accused and solve the cases. Under their guidance, Ramnagar police station Inspector Prabhavati Ekurke briefed the officers and personnel of the search team.

While the team was searching the area for the thieves, it emerged that a child in conflict with law from the Haveli Garden area had committed the thefts. He had stolen to raise the money he was short of for buying a car. Police detained him in the presence of his parents and questioned him thoroughly, after which he confessed to both crimes.

The operation was carried out by Inspector Prabhavati Ekurke, Assistant Inspectors Shivaji Nagve and Hanuman Ugale, Sub-Inspector Krishna Darade, and police personnel Anand Kharat, Prakash Balki, Mangesh Shende, Ramprasad Naitam, Baba Naitam, Ravikumar Dhengale, Jitendra Akare, Manisha More, Pankaj Thombre, Prakash Madavi, Sandip Gedam, Suresh Korwar, Pankaj Ponde, Suraj Shedmake and Beauty Sakhare.