Police arrested Bike thief in Club stand area, Darjeeling

Darjeeling : The Darjeeling Sadar police arrested a person in relation to a bike theft case from the Club stand area. Some days ago, Kamal Singh Chettri, a resident of Chota Ging, had come to visit his relatives near Darjeeling Government College near Hill Cart Road where he halted for a night and had parked his bike right outside his relatives’ place. But the following morning when he went to get his vehicle he found it missing after which Chettri immediately lodged an FIR. By chance, a man was spotted riding a motorbike of the same description provided by Chettri but with a duplicate number plate and heading towards Singla tea estate. This happened when the Pul Bazaar police were patrolling the area. Upon sighting the police personnel, the person jumped off the motorbike and fled only to be arrested soon at the Club stand area in Darjeeling. Police sources said the man who has been arrested in the bike theft case is Ashim Bhowmik, a resident of Cooch Behar. The accused has been booked and a case of theft and use of a duplicate number plate has been registered, they added. 

- EOI