The Bagepalli police arrested six mechanics from Kadiri in Andhra Pradesh for stealing as many as 30 bikes in the last five months.
The accused Sheikh Moula, Imran Pathan, D. Vengamani, Khadar Pasha, P. Shaheed and S. Mohammed Ali were arrested by a special team of police while they were fleeing with a stolen bike.
Deputy Superintendent of Police V.K. Vasudev, heading the investigations, said that the accused, aged between 25 and 27, used to come to Bagepalli and other bordering areas, move around residential areas to identify bikes parked outside houses and steal them. As the accused are mechanics , they knew how to break the handlocks and start the engine without ignition keys.
