Former murder accused held for bike theft

Nagpur: Mohd Waseem, a former murder accused, was held by Tehsil police team while he was trying to flee with a stolen bike on Friday. He had allegedly stolen the bike from a place in front of Timki police chowky.
Waseem, after his release from jail, had started driving auto-rickshaw to earn livelihood. It is learnt, he had resorted to stealing two-wheelers during lockdown period when autorickshaws were not permitted to ply.
The Tehsil police team, under senior inspector Jayesh Bhandarkar, nabbed Waseem within couple of hours after the bike theft. The detection branch team under sub-inspector Swapnil Wagh, asst sub-inspectors Sanjay Dubey, naik police constables Anil Chaturvedi, Sachin Tapre and others nabbed Waseem when he was trying to take the stolen bike to scrap dealers.
Senior PI Bhandarkar said Waseem could be part of a bigger gang. “We feel he could be behind more thefts,” he said.