New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- A serving Uttar Pradesh Police constable was arrested in east Delhi's Preet Vihar for allegedly stealing a motorcycle to clear gambling debts, police said on Sunday.

Deputy commissioner of police (east) Abhishek Dhania identified the accused as Mohammed Mohseen, 27, posted with the 44th Battalion of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) in Meerut. He was apprehended during a patrol in Rajdhani Enclave Market earlier this week, when police recovered two master keys used to unlock motorcycles from his possession.

During interrogation, Mohseen, a 2019-batch official and resident of Baghpat, allegedly confessed to stealing a Hero Splendor from Preet Vihar in May. CCTV footage from the date of the theft allegedly corr...