Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, June 25 2009:
A gang of vehicle stealers has been busted in a raid conducted at Koirengei area including CMC Hospital by a team of Heingang police led by its OC, inspector M Naren today.
Informing this, at a press conference held at Imphal east district police headquarter today, the OC said the police team busted the gang in the follow up action to a complaint lodged by a woman KG Meijinglung Rongmei about the stolen two-wheeler from the CMC Hospital complex.
She complained of losing of a Kenetic Honda (MN1J-9143) on the intervening night of June 18 and 19.She lodged the complaint on June 19 .
Acting on her complaint, Heingang police launched investigation to find the stolen vehicle keeping view that without the hand of security guard personnel deploying at the hospital campus, the thieving could not perform.
Police picked one personnel of the Manipur Guard Service identified as Longjam Jiban son of L Nimai of Top Siphai detaining as guard at the hospital for taking statement.
Based on his disclosure, police came to know that one Chanathabam Naoba Meetei (24) son of late Indrajit of Koirengei Bazar involved in the thieving.
The guard personnel further disclosed that he got Rs 2,500 from Naoba after selling out the stolen vehicle.
Naoba was rounded up following the disclosure.
With the well share information from the family members of Naoba, police could recover the stolen vehicle, OC Naren said.
On further interrogation, police came to know that some more vehicle had been stolen by him and sold out after one Thoudem Shyamo (34) son of Nongyai changed the registration numbers of the stolen vehicles.
Again police picked up Shyamo on June 24 and recovered a black colour Splender motorcycle.
The motorcycle was stolen by Naoba from in front of excise outpost at Koirengei and he sold it after changing the registration number.
From the disclosure made by Shyamo, two more Honda Activa recovered by the police.
One of the Activa is black colour and has no number plate while the other one was silver colour with registration number MN01N-4175 .
Shyamo further disclosed that the two Honda Activa were brought by one Chongtham Captain (40) son of Mahindra of Khonghampat Awang Leikai.
Captain has also been arrested by the police on June 24 .