Nashik cops step up measures to contain vehicle thefts

NASHIK: DCP (zone 2) Vijay Kharat, during a meeting with all the senior PIs of the 13 police stations in the district, instructed them to step-up intelligence to nab the criminals involved in vehicle thefts.
Vehicle theft has become a challenge for the city police for the past many years, with hundreds of vehicles getting stolen every year.
As per the data, in 2018, the police had registered 569 vehicle theft cases, 505 cases were registered in 2019, 417 in 2020 and in 2021, the police registered 460 cases till November end.
Meanwhile, over the past two years, the detection rate of stolen vehicles has been only 17%.
In 2018, the detection rate was 27%, while in 2019, the detection rate was 21%.
Vijay Kharat said that nabbing the criminals involved in vehicle theft is the best option in keeping the thefts under control.
He said that once a burglar is arrested, a chain of vehicle thieves is revealed. For the same, he has instructed all the officials to step up intelligence and nab the vehicle thieves.
Apart from this, he said that the PIs have also been instructed to keep a watch on the activities of vehicle thieves who are on police records. The cops have been asked to check what these thieves are doing for a living and take necessary preventive action against them.
Most of the time, the stolen vehicles are sold in the rural areas or the adjoining districts.
Burglars generally sell the bikes to people at a cheaper price since they do not have the documents of the vehicles. The vehicles are sold on the pretext that the documents will be given to them later.