Against this backdrop, Paralakhemundi police have made another breakthrough. They have apprehended a bike thief and recovered the stolen vehicle. The stolen bike which belonged to Paralakhemundi area has been recovered from police custody.
As per sources, on March 29, Ranjan Mahapatra had left his Yamaha SZ-RR black bike (OD-07-Z-2386) near his trade union office near new bus stand and gone to Bhubaneswar for doing some urgent work. He came back on April 1 to discover that his bike was missing. So he lodged a complaint at Paralakhemundi police station. On getting the complaint, the police launched investigations straightaway.
Investigations conducted under SI Kautuk Sethi’s supervision were successful as they resulted in the arrest of 44-year-old P. Srinu who admitted stealing the bike. In fact, during interrogation, he confessed to hiding the bike at a particular place from where the same was recovered. There was no number plate attached to the bike while its petrol tank lock was damaged.
Police registered an FIR (No. 95/2026) at Paralakhemundi police station. The accused was taken into police custody and produced in court later, informed Police Officer Prashant Bhupati. In light of the increase in thefts within Gajapati district, people have started fearing about their safety. It still needs to be seen whether the police measure proves successful or not.
