11 bikes, 3 cars recovered from thief

Nagpur: Vaibhav Bhandekar alias Triple XXX, having 29 offences of thefts against him in the past, was arrested by Sitabuldi police team last week following a chase on Maharajbagh road. Around 11 two-wheelers and three cars worth nearly Rs11 lakh were recovered from him.
It’s learnt that Bhandekar, notorious for his vehicle theft records, had tried to flee on a bike when cops started chasing him. He was nabbed from a shrub where he tried to hide after abandoning the bike. Police said Bhandekar had stolen the vehicles from different places in the city in the last couple of months.