Car-lifters
The arrested car-lifters. Image credit - Northeast Now

The Tezpur police in Assam’s Sonitpur district arrested a total of 5 car-lifters including a woman and also recovered a stolen vehicle from their possession.

According to police sources, the car-lifters lifted one Bolero pick-up van with the bearing number AS-25 DC-2612 on the way to Kaliabor in Nagaon district to Itanagar, the state capital of Arunachal Pradesh, in between Bhomoraguri bridge and Solung on January 4 last.

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The arrested car-lifters have been identified as Rajesh Baguara and his wife Aleb Sang from Dimapur; Jinnat Ali from Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur, Md. Ajimuddin from Khanamukh in Sonitpur and Nur Mahadmad from Tupia in Sonitpur.

It may be mentioned that in a successful drive, the Barpeta police arrested 3 vehicle lifters, 2 from Bandhali under Tarabari police station area and one from Belortary area under Barpeta PS.

The police also recovered 1 Bolero Pick-up van which was stolen from Hanhchara under Barpeta police station on November 30, 2019 night.

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Barpeta Police while sharing an image of the van on its Twitter handle said, “In one more successful drive, Barpeta Police arrested 3 more vehicle lifters (2 from Bandhali, Tarabari PS area & 1 Belortary, Barpeta PS) and recovered 1 Bolero Pickup which was stolen from Hanhchara, Barpeta PS on 30.11.2019 night.”