CURATED BY – SUSHIL SONI | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Anuppur, Anuppur dated 24.2.2025, complainant Akash Kumar Panika father Parmeshwar Panika age 26 years resident Katkona police station Bijli reported that on Sunday at 5:00 pm he had come to Kotma market with his wife on his motorcycle deluxe number MP 65 MC 7915. He parked the motorcycle in front of Jain Cycle Store near Azad Chowk and started shopping. When he returned after shopping, he saw that the motorcycle was missing. After a lot of searching, the motorcycle worth Rs. 80,000/- was not found. On the report of theft by an unknown person, crime number 69/25 under section 303(2) BNS was registered in Kotma police station and investigation was taken up.
During the investigation of the case, information was collected regarding previous bike thieves of the police station area and the suspect 01. Rajesh alias Rakesh Jaiswal s/o Jawahar Jaiswal, age 25 years, resident of Jarra Tola Khodri, police station Kotma was taken into custody and interrogated, who told that on Sunday evening he had come to Kotma market on his motorcycle with his friend 02. Suraj Kewat s/o Chhotelal, resident of Jarra Tola Khodri, where both of them together hatched a plan to steal a bike and started the motorcycle HF Deluxe parked in front of Jain Cycle Store near Azad Chowk with the key of Suraj Kewat's motorcycle and stole it and told to give the motorcycle to 03. Mohammad Saif alias Lallu, resident of Kotma, for selling it. After taking the above three accused into custody, the scooty used in the incident worth Rs. 70,000/- was recovered from accused Rajesh alias Rakesh Jaiswal, motorcycle HF Deluxe worth Rs. 80,000/- from accused Suraj Kewat and stolen motorcycle Deluxe number MP 65 MC 7915 from accused Mohammad Saif. All the three motorcycles worth Rs. 80,000, total worth Rs. 2,30,000, were seized from the accused and the accused were arrested and presented before the honourable court. Accused Rajesh Jaiswal has previously also gone to jail in a theft case. In this case, under the guidance of Mr. Superintendent of Police Mr. Moti ur Rahman, Mr. Additional Superintendent of Police Anuppur and under the direction of Sub-Divisional Officer of Police Kotma, under the leadership of Police Station Incharge Kotma Sunderesh Singh, Assistant Sub-Inspector Vinay Singh, Head Constable 122 Sanjay Tripathi, Constable 232 Abhay Tripathi, 435 Sanjay Dwivedi, 485 Shubham Tiwari, 417 Satyabhan Singh, 370 Jitendra Mandloi 219 Mumtaz and Cyber ​​Cell Head Constable Rajendra Ahirwar, Constable Pankaj Mishra played an important role.