Maharashtra: Two bike thieves held in Thane; 58 stolen two-wheelers recovered

Police have arrested two motorcycle thieves and recovered 58 stolen twowheelers in Maharashtrarsquos Thane district an official saidFollowing a surge in motorbike theft cases in the Bhiwandi area police intensified surveillance and laid a trap after which the duo was apprehended on Monday Deputy Commissioner of Police Crime Amarsingh Jadhav told PTI on TuesdayVehicles linked to multiple theft casesDuring the investigation police recovered 58 motorcycles and scooters valued at more than Rs 10 lakh linked to 41 theft cases registered across multiple police stations in the district he saidPolice suspect that the accused Ganesh alias Ganu Raju More 21 and Sahebali alias Chotu Sultanali Sheikh 19 were part of a larger network involved in vehicle thefts and efforts are underway to trace other accomplices the official addedMumbai Police bust motorcycle theft racket recover 46 stolen bikes worth Rs 1285 lakhEarlier in January the DN Nagar police cracked a wellorganised motorcycle theft racket arresting three accused and recovering as many as 46 stolen twowheelers valued at approximately Rs 1285 lakhThe arrests led to the detection of seven theft cases registered across multiple police stations in the cityAccording to the police sources the case leading to the arrests was filed by Raju Balakrishna Pujari 23 after his Honda Aviator scooter MH02 BX 3352 was stolen around JulyAugust 2025 from outside Jeevan Jyot Medical Centre on CD Barfiwala Road in Andheri West Based on his complaint DN Nagar police registered an offence under Section 3032 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS pertaining to theftCCTV analysis and tipoff lead to breakthroughDuring the investigation police analysed CCTV footage from the crime scene and acted on inputs from a confidential informant leading to the arrests of Janardan Vishwas Bane alias Nana 36 Munna Kedar Mali 52 and Ashfaak Ibrahim Mansuri 34 The trio was arrested and sent to police custodyPolice investigations revealed that Bane would steal motorcycles from areas including Juhu Goregaon Versova and DN Nagar with the help of MaliThe stolen vehicles were then taken to Mansurirsquos workshop in Behram Baug Oshiwara where they were dismantled and the parts were sold individually to avoid detectionIn addition to the 46 motorcycles recovered the police also seized multiple twowheelers from Mansurirsquos shop leading to suspicions that the racket may be linked to several more theftsWith PTI inputs