<p>A gang of four persons, including a police constable (PC), his associate and two juveniles, were arrested by the Magadi Road police for stealing two-wheelers and selling them for a lesser price by creating fake documents. The police have seized around 53 two-wheelers worth around Rs 77 lakh from the accused.<br /><br />The arrested have been identified as PC Honnappa Duradappa Malagi, his associate Ramesh, working in a textile showroom in Balepete, and two juveniles. Police said that Malagi teamed up with Ramesh and the two juveniles, taught them how to steal two-wheelers and got the two-wheelers stolen from various places in the city including Hebbal, Jnanabarathi, Magadi Road, Peenya, Yeshwanthpur and Vijayanagar.<br /><br />Malagi used to create fake documents for stolen bikes/scooters before selling them. He had set up a computer, printer and other required equipment in his house to create fake documents. </p>.<p>After the juveniles stole a bike/scooter of a particular company, Malagi used to search for a similar bike of the same colour on a free classified portal (Olx), download the documents of the vehicles and created fake documents. Later, they changed the registration number plates and sold them in Haveri, Ranebennur and Bengaluru city. <br /><br />Malagi, a native of Haveri district, stays in Narasipura Layout in Vidyaranyapura. He is from 2016 batch and is posted at Vidyaranyapura police station. On OOD, he was working as a driver to an IPS officer.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
<p>A gang of four persons, including a police constable (PC), his associate and two juveniles, were arrested by the Magadi Road police for stealing two-wheelers and selling them for a lesser price by creating fake documents. The police have seized around 53 two-wheelers worth around Rs 77 lakh from the accused.<br /><br />The arrested have been identified as PC Honnappa Duradappa Malagi, his associate Ramesh, working in a textile showroom in Balepete, and two juveniles. Police said that Malagi teamed up with Ramesh and the two juveniles, taught them how to steal two-wheelers and got the two-wheelers stolen from various places in the city including Hebbal, Jnanabarathi, Magadi Road, Peenya, Yeshwanthpur and Vijayanagar.<br /><br />Malagi used to create fake documents for stolen bikes/scooters before selling them. He had set up a computer, printer and other required equipment in his house to create fake documents. </p>.<p>After the juveniles stole a bike/scooter of a particular company, Malagi used to search for a similar bike of the same colour on a free classified portal (Olx), download the documents of the vehicles and created fake documents. Later, they changed the registration number plates and sold them in Haveri, Ranebennur and Bengaluru city. <br /><br />Malagi, a native of Haveri district, stays in Narasipura Layout in Vidyaranyapura. He is from 2016 batch and is posted at Vidyaranyapura police station. On OOD, he was working as a driver to an IPS officer.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>