19-year-old youth arrested in car theft case

May 27, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:51 am IST - PUDUCHERRY:

Police with the car recovered from the youth in Puducherry on Tuesday. -Photo: S.S. Kumar

Police with the car recovered from the youth in Puducherry on Tuesday. -Photo: S.S. Kumar

The police on Tuesday arrested a 19-year-old youth on charges of stealing a sedan parked in front of a hotel at Aurobindo Street. The complainant Abhishek, a techie from Bengaluru had parked the car in front of the hotel and had accidentally dropped the keys on the road. When he returned he found the car missing and lodged a complaint with the Grand Bazaar police. A team that was constituted examined footage of CCTV in the vicinity of the hotel. The suspect was identified as S. Dileep who was involved in several vehicle thefts. He was arrested and the car was recovered.

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