Andhra Pradesh: Tirupati urban police wing arrest interstate thieves, recover stolen bikes and tractors

TIRUPATI: Tirupati urban police wing sleuths arrested a gang of four interstate thieves and two other local thieves in connection with multiple bike lifting cases and recovered 25 bikes and 2 tractors worth Rs. 19.5 lakhs on Wednesday.
Addressing a press conference at the central crime police station in Tirupati on Wednesday, Tirupati SP Avula Ramesh Reddy, IPS, said four inter-state thieves identified as E Selvam (24), R Raja (25), S Ayyappa (20) and M Manikantan (21), belonging to different parts of Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Tirupati crime police led by police inspector RS Madhu Babu near the market yerd at Tiruchanoor on Wednesday.
Tirupati SP said the police recovered 25 stolen motorbikes worth approximately Rs.14 lakh from the possession of the accused.
Pointing out that the four accused were seasoned criminals involved in bike-lifting activities in and around the temple city, Tirupati SP added that cases were registered against the four accused in different police stations including at SV university PS, Alipiri, CCS, MR Palli and Pallipattu police stations.
Meanwhile, in another incident, Tiruchanoor police led by police inspector T Chiranjeevi arrested two persons identified as B Anil (20) and A Nagaraju (23) near Tanapalli cross in Tirupati on Wednesday.
The duo who belong to Anantapur were accused in two cases registered against them in the past at the Tiruchanoor police stations.
Police recovered two tractors worth approximately Rs. 5.5 lakh from the possession of the accused.
Tirupati SP Avula Ramesh Reddy who appreciated the efforts of the Tirupati crime police, Tiruchanoor police and the SV university campus police teams in the arrests of the six notorious thieves and the recovery of stolen vehicles worth approximately Rs. 19.5 lakh. The SP announced cash rewards for the police personnel for cracking the case at the earliest.