Police nab two suspects from Rajasthan for motorcycle thefts

The Mumbai Police nabbed two persons from Rajasthan in connection with a series of motorcycle thefts and recovered 11 stolen vehicles an official said on Tuesday reported the PTIThe suspects were identified as Bheru Nenu Nath 29 and Devendra Kuldeep Singh 25 were arrested from Rajasmand city in Rajasthan the official said as per the PTIThe duo allegedly stole motorcycles from Mumbai and Rajasthan forged documents and sold them with new registration numbers he saidThe police were probing a vehicle theft reported at Kandivali in the western suburbs when they zeroed in on the accused the official saidEleven motorcycles allegedly stolen from Mumbai and Rajasthan were recovered from the duo he said adding that a case has been registered under section 379 theft of the Indian Penal Code the news agency reported on TuesdayAbsconding in kidnapping and rape case man held 40 years after incidentThe Mumbai Police have arrested a man who had been absconding in a kidnapping and rape case for the last 40 years the reported the PTIAccording to the news agency the man was identified as 70yearold Papa alias Dawood Bandu Khan He was held from Agra in Uttar Pradesh an official said on TuesdayBased on specific information a team of personnel from Dr Dadabhai Bhadkamkar Marg police station in south Mumbai apprehended Khan from Agra on Monday he said the news agency reported on TuesdayHe was brought to Mumbai on a transit remand and will be produced before the court here he saidIn 1984 a case of kidnapping and rape was registered against him based on a complaint filed by a woman he said as per the PTIKhan had been arrested in the case and was out on bailAs the trial of the case started he attended just a couple of hearings and did not appear before the court after that The court had declared him absconding in the case the official said the PTI reportedA team from Dr D B Marg police station had launched a search and also visited his Falkland Road residence but it came to light that he had sold this property and left the city along with his family as per the PTIDuring the investigation it was revealed that he was somewhere in the northern states the official saidAll these years various police teams tried to search him but he remained untraced he saidHowever the police officials recently received specific information that he is staying with his family in Agra Accordingly a police team was sent to this Uttar Pradesh city where Khan was apprehended the official saidwith PTI inputs