Four persons were arrested on Saturday for stealing two-wheelers mostly at the Government Medical College Hospital in Vellore and Girivalam path in Tiruvannamalai.
Police identified the arrested persons as S. Rajesh, 35, K. Prabhu, 34, V. Arjunan, 35, and B. Santhosh, 33. Initial inquiry revealed that Rajesh, a native of Walajah town, was an autorickshaw driver but lost his livelihood during COVID-19. Since then, he started to steal two-wheelers in big towns like Arani, Arcot, Ranipet, and Vellore. Earlier, he served a jail term for stealing two-wheelers in Arani and Walajah towns.
Based on several complaints, especially from visitors to the Government Medical College Hospital in Vellore, the Superintendent of Police, Vellore, N. Manivannan, formed a special police team led by K. Subha, inspector, Vellore Taluk police, to nab the accused. The team analysed CCTV footage in the hospital premises and found a well-dressed man with a face mask riding an unlocked two-wheeler from the premises.
