Pune: Wearing a Doctors Apron with MBBS tag, 22 year old Steals 30 Vehicles, nabbed

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The police informed that Pathan confessed that he had stolen vehicles from different parts of the city.

Kishor Navande, senior police inspector of Faraskhana police station told Hindustan Times, "Pathan, who has studied up to Class 12, has basic knowledge of medicines as he was earlier employed at a medical store. He wore an apron that said 'MBBS' with a red hospital cross on its breast pocket. This added with the fact that people do not generally suspect doctors, gave him a strong cover."

Suhas Bavache, DCP Zone I, Faraskhana police told Pune Mirror, "He used to rent a car and go to spots where he had his targets set. He would then disembark from the car and steal bikes and take them to village areas around Pune and sell them off."

The police stated that Pathan mainly stole two-wheelers and he had allegedly stolen two-wheelers from spots that are under 17 different police stations in Pune.  Of the 30 stolen vehicles, 29 are from Pune while one is from Mumbai.

The police further informed that it is being investigated whether he had associates and the module of a sale of these vehicles in order to break the syndicate.