NASHIK: The city police on Tuesday registered five complaints related to motorcycle thefts that allegedly occurred since August 31.
Anup Pardeshi (30), a resident of Gangapur Road, registered a complaint with the police about his bike being stolen late at night on September 3. Pardeshi looked for his vehicle, said to be worth Rs40,000 in the vicinity before registering the police complaint about the motorcycle theft.
A complaint about a motorcycle being stolen was registered with the Upnagar police station on Tuesday. According to the police, complainant Darshan Gorkha had parked his vehicle in the parking bay on Sunday night. His bike was missing, when he returned at 6.30am the next day.
Another motorcycle, worth Rs20,000, was stolen by an unidentified person from MG Road. The complainant Ravindra Nirbhavne (52), a resident of Hirawadi, said that he had parked his vehicle at a shopping complex on August 30 at 10am after which he was unable to locate the vehicle.
Bhushan Mahale, a resident of Peth Road, had parked his vehicle outside Dr Sangle Hospital near the Regional Transport Office and the vehicle was allegedly stolen from the spot on September 1 at 8.30pm.
The Panchavati police station has also registered a case of motorcycle theft. The vehicle, worth Rs12,000, was allegedly stolen from the parking area at Suyog Hospital. The complainant Satish Walke, a resident of Vrundavan Nagar, had parked the vehicle at 10pm on August 31.
When asked about the delay in registering cases, the police said that, in some cases, the complainant took some time to register the complaint.
In some other cases, the vehicle owners did not have proper papers to establish the ownership of their vehicle and therefore there was a delay in registering the complaint.
