Car theft gang busted, fake DTO and three bikes seized in Goalpara district

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DUDHNOI: In a raid led by Mukut Kakati, officer-in-charge of Dudhnoi police station, in Goalpara district, a youth named Abdul Barik (29), the mastermind of the car theft racket, was arrested from Kankata in Rangjuli.

Police sources said that Abdul Barik controlled the activities of car theft rackets in the State as well as the Northeast. Police have already managed to seize several objectionable items, including fake number plates, papers and other items in stolen cars from the house of Abdul Barik. The recovered items are two Pulsar bikes, a luxury 'Jawa' two wheeler, a fake registration card of bikes and various vehicles and a laptop filled with fake pan cards, 26 fake registration number plates, two printers, one scanner , gas cutting glass pipe, gas pipe, and other items.

Abdul Barik had set up a fake transport operation at home to produce fake registration number plates and fake vehicle papers in various districts of the State. Here the colour of the stolen bikes, number plates, engine numbers and registration cards were changed and put out for sale in the market.

Abdul Barik was meanwhile arrested and jailed by Manja police station in Karbi Anglong district for bike theft offences. Superintendent of Police of Goalpara district, VV Rakesh Reddy said that the bike thief racket was scattered in different parts of Barpeta district as well. Referring to the bike theft racket at a press conference held at Dudhnai police station on Saturday, the Superintendent of Police said that on the basis of Abdul Barik's confession, several others involved in the theft racket had already been arrested.

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