Police busted a gang of thieves, 3 arrested with 3 stolen e-rickshaws

Agartala city police through its successful operation has managed to bust a gang of e-rickshaw thieves and arrested three main members of the gang along with three stolen e-rickshaws and their batteries.

Giving details of officer-in-charge (OC) of West Agartala police station, Rana Chatterjee said that on April 22 last, a man lodged a complaint that his e-rickshaw had been stolen from Battala area and based on his complaint, police initiated an investigation.

During their investigation, police found that 3 e-rickshaws were stolen from Battala area and noticed that a gang of thieves were involved in these incidents.

While, police on Friday managed to arrest kingpin of the gang, identified as Shibu Saha of Aralia and based on his preliminary interrogation statement, police had also arrested two other thieves, identified as Sajal Sarkar and Surajit Debnath from different parts of the city and recovered three stolen e-rickshaws and few batteries under their possession.

OC said that all arrested thieves would be produced before a local court on Saturday with police remand appeals for interrogation and to get details of the gang network.