Inter-state motorcycle lifting gang members held

The police have arrested two members of an inter-state motorcycle lifting gang and recovered two stolen bikes from Patamda in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, a senior police officer said.

The two admitted that they had sold several stolen bikes in West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand with forged documents, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Prabhat Kumar said.

The two were arrested during an investigation launched following the theft of a motorcycle from Hathi Kheda temple at Lawjora on August 14, he said.