Staff reporter
JAIRAMPUR, Jan 11: A car thief was arrested by the police at the check gate here in Changlang district on Thursday.
The accused, identified as Abdul Sahid (46), a temporary resident of Nampong, was arrested after the police received a complaint from one Abdul Hamid, presently residing at Jairampur, that his new car, an Alto K10 VXI, had been stolen from his rented house by unknown person(s).
Following investigation, a police team led by ASI L Pansa and supervised by Miao SDPO Tasi Darang arrested Sahid from the Jairampur police check gate and recovered the stolen car from Kakopathar in Assam on the same day.
A case has been registered at the police station here and further investigation is underway, the SDPO informed.
