Chandrapur police recover stolen auto-rickshaw worth Rs 80,000, one held

Police have traced a three-wheeler auto-rickshaw stolen from the limits of Ramnagar police station in Chandrapur city. A suspect has been detained and the rickshaw, worth Rs 80,000, has been seized from him. With this, Ramnagar police have solved a theft case.

According to police sources, the theft took place on October 16 between 8 pm and 11 pm. The complainant, Anile Mahadev Gude (45, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar, Babupeth, Chandrapur), had parked his auto-rickshaw (MH 34 D 6963) in front of the petrol pump near Zilla Parishad. During this time, an unknown thief took the opportunity and made off with the rickshaw. On Gude's complaint, a case had been registered at Ramnagar police station under Section 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Considering the seriousness of the matter, Ramnagar police station Inspector Prabhavati Ekurke, under the guidance of Superintendent of Police Ayush Nopani, Additional Superintendent of Police Ishwar Kakkade and Sub-Divisional Police Officer Pramod Chaugule, had given strict instructions to the detection team to trace the accused and take action as soon as possible.

The detection team was accordingly conducting a parallel investigation into the theft when police received a tip-off that the stolen rickshaw was with a suspicious man near Paliwal Hospital in the Mahakali Temple Road area.

Acting on this information, police reached the spot immediately, found the suspect and detained him. He confessed to the crime during questioning. He has been identified as Shaikh Gaffar Razzak Shaikh (35, a resident of Durganagar, Tehsil and District Chandrapur). Police seized the stolen rickshaw, worth Rs 80,000, from his possession.

It is believed that more cases may be uncovered through the accused, and police are questioning him closely in this regard.

The action was carried out under the guidance of senior officers by Inspector Prabhavati Ekurke, Assistant Inspectors Shivaji Nagave and Hanuman Ugale, Sub-Inspector Krishna Darade, and detection team personnel Anand Kharat, Prakash Balki, Mangesh Shende, Ramprasad Naitam, Baba Naitam, Ravikumar Dhengale, Jitendra Akare, Manisha More, Pankaj Thombare, Prakash Madavi, Sandip Gedam, Suresh Korwar, Pankaj Ponde, Suraj Shedmake and Beauty Sakhare.