LUCKNOW, April 19 -- In a crackdown against vehicle theft in the city, Gudamba police arrested five members of an interlinked gang involved in stealing motorcycles and scooters, modifying them with forged number plates, and reselling them for profit. The arrests were made during a late-night raid in Panchayatpurva village on the outskirts of the Kukrail forest on Friday.

Acting on a tip-off received on the night of April 17-18, a team from Gudamba police station, under the supervision of deputy commissioner of police (North), raided a locked house where gang members were hiding with stolen vehicles. Two suspects managed to escape under the cover of darkness, however, five were caught red-handed. Police recovered a two-wheeler motorcycle ...