By reciprocal arrangement with Star of Mysore

Mysore, Sep 3: The City Crime Branch has achieved a major breakthrough in the detection of motorbike thefts when they arrested a person in city recently and recovered from him 23 vehicles stolen from various parts of the city and also in Bangalore worth about Rs 10 lac.

Police Commissioner Praveen Sood said that the two-wheelers include 12 Hero Honda Splendour, one Hero Honda Passion Plus, five Bajaj Pulsar, two Yamaha RX, one Yamaha Enticer and two Honda Activa.

The accused is Mohammed Abrar Ul-Haq alias Abbu, 29, a resident of Iliayasnagar near J P Nagar in Bangalore. He is a native of Gargeshwari in T Narasipur.

The vehicles were stolen in various police station limits — six in Devaraja, four in Lashkar, one in Mandi, three in NR, two in Saraswatipuram, two in KR all in city, three in Commercial Street police station limits, one in High Grounds and one in Ulsoor, all in Bangalore, he said.

The accused had sold the vehicles in rural areas after changing the number plates. The original owners of the said vehicles have been located and the vehicles would be returned to them through the Court after a week, said Sood.