Koraput: Kotpad Police have cracked a Bolero vehicle theft case and arrested four accused.
The arrested accused have been identified as Suben Mahanandia, Suresh Hantal, Kisan Duria and Pradeep Khemundu. Police produced them in court today.
According to reports, the Bolero vehicle of Pradeep Sahu of Kusumi village under Kotpad police station was stolen from his house premises on October 11.
Pradeep had lodged a complaint at Kotpad police station on October 17.
Police started an investigation after registering a case and recovered the stolen Bolero and arrested four persons.
During investigation, it was found that the accused had demanded Rs 80,000 from the vehicle owner to return the vehicle and had taken Rs 1,000 through PhonePe, police said.
The investigation also revealed that another stolen vehicle was used in the crime. The investigation of the case was carried out under the supervision of Kotpad Police Station IIC Runu Majhi and SDPO Satyabrata Lenka, while the investigating officer ASI Arun Kumar Panda conducted the investigation, SDPO informed at a press conference.
