The Pimpri-Chinchwad police arrested a 21-year-old man for alleged motorbike thefts which he dedicated after watching YouTube movies on the way to break the deal with lock of two-wheelers, acknowledged a press launch on Monday.
The police recognized the accused as Abhishek Mallapa Hawlekar, who presently resides in Chakan and is a local of Shahupuri in Satara. In keeping with the discharge, the police have recovered 18 bikes price Rs 8.9 lakh from him.
Two pricey bikes had been stolen from a residential society on the Baner-Mhalunge highway on August 9. The crime department of the Pimpri-Chinchwad police initiated a probe. A group led by senior police inspector Sandip Sawant checked about 80 movies captured by completely different CCTV cameras at a number of areas to hint the car thief.
Primarily based on clues from CCTV footage, the police recognized a youth and a minor boy who allegedly dedicated the motorbike thefts. The police nabbed the minor boy, and his interrogation revealed Hawlekar’s involvement. The police then arrested Hawlekar on August 20.
Throughout the investigation, the police recovered bikes the accused had allegedly stolen this yr from completely different elements of Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, and Satara.
The police mentioned Hawlekar’s arrest solved 16 circumstances of two-wheeler thefts registered at Hinjewadi, Wakad, Sangvi, Pimpri, Chinchwad, Chaturshringi, Chandan Nagar, Bharati Vidyapeeth, and Satara metropolis police stations.
The probe revealed that Hawlekar had left his dwelling in Satara following a quarrel together with his relations. The press launch acknowledged that he then allegedly started these thefts by watching movies on-line on the way to begin a two-wheeler and the way to break its deal with locks.
When contacted, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sandeep Doifode mentioned, “Investigation is on and motion could also be taken in opposition to the YouTube movies that encourage car thefts.”
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