The Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) police have busted an inter-state gang of thieves who have been stealing tempos parked in various parts of India. Addressing a press conference, on Friday, MBVV Commissioner of Police Madhukar Pandey said that two men have been arrested and the cops have recovered 51 tempos of different makes and two cars from their possession. Crime branch sleuths got a lead while investigating a theft case registered last December.

“A case regarding a stolen tempo was registered at Kashimira police station in December. The crime branch had started to conduct a parallel investigation into the matter. The officers busted an inter-state gang of thieves. The net worth of the confiscated 51 tempos and two cars is R4.75 crore. We have arrested two accused—Farooq Tayyab Khan, 36, and Mubin Haris Khan, 40—from Rajasthan's Alwar district. Both of them are drivers by profession and history-shelters,” Pandey told media persons.