Stolen moped recovered in Rajura, labourer from Mata Mandir ward arrested

Police in Rajura have traced a stolen moped and arrested one suspect in the case. The moped, worth about Rs 1 lakh, which had gone missing from the Jawaharnagar area, was seized from him. The action was carried out by the crime detection team of Rajura police station.

The accused is Deepak Maroti Umre, 38, a labourer who lives in the Mata Mandir ward of Rajura. According to police, he confessed to the theft during questioning.

The case began with a complaint from Govind Madat Jhade, a resident of Jawaharnagar. He had reported to Rajura police station that between 11 pm on October 10, 2026 and 11 am on October 11, 2026, an unknown thief took his white Hero Maestro two-wheeler parked in front of his house. The vehicle's registration number is MH 34 BA 3464 and its estimated value was given as Rs 1,00,000. On receiving the complaint, police registered a case against an unknown thief and began an investigation.

Under the guidance of Superintendent of Police Ayush Nopani, Additional Superintendent of Police Ishwar Katkade and Assistant Superintendent of Police Kumar Sushant, the DB team led by Police Inspector Nitin Chincholkar stepped up the probe. While searching for the unknown accused, Assistant Police Inspector Laxman Lokre and his team in Rajura's crime detection unit received crucial information from a confidential informant.

Acting on that information, police took the suspect, Deepak Maroti Umre, into custody from Jawaharnagar, Rajura, and questioned him closely. According to police, he confessed to the crime during this questioning. Police then arrested him and seized the stolen white Maestro moped, valued at Rs 1 lakh, from him.

The action was carried out jointly by the crime detection team under Police Inspector Nitin Chincholkar: Assistant Police Inspector Laxman Lokre, Assistant Sub-Inspectors Kishor Tumram and Sanjay Chaudhari, head constables Vicky Nirvan and Anup Dange, and constables Shafiq Shaikh, Milind Jambhule, Ramesh Bassi, Guderao Pole and Rajiv Dubey. Police are investigating the case further.