India, May 30 -- A gang of five men who were involved in stealing motorcycles from Noida in the last seven months were arrested on Thursday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, police caught the accused when they were about to steal a bike near Parthala, police added.

Police began hunting for the accused after they received a complaint about a bike stolen from Noida Sector 113 on May 5.

"We were getting bike theft complaints from across Noida for the past few months. We formed a team and tracked the accused through CCTV cameras and electronic surveillance," said Yamuna Prasad, deputy commissioner of police, Noida .

The accused were identified as Mohit Singh, 19, Omveer Kumar, 19, Akash Singh, 19, Rohit Kumar, 28, and Anand Kumar, all fro...