Tirupati police arrest three and recover 24 stolen motorcycles

Tirupati police arrested three people and recovered 24 motorcycles allegedly stolen across three States, The Hindu reported. The recovered vehicles were valued at ₹25 lakh, according to the police. The arrests were made on Sunday after a series of raids by Tirupati West police.

The operation was conducted under the direction of Sub-Divisional Police Officer M. Bhaktavatsalam and followed instructions from Superintendent of Police L. Subbarayudu.

Those arrested were identified as Areddula Vinod Kumar, 32, Cherlopalli Govindarajulu, 34, and Govindaswamy Murali, 30. Police described all three as regular offenders. At a media conference, Additional Superintendents of Police K.

Ravi Manoharachary and A. Srinivasulu said the motorcycles had been stolen in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Nine of the 24 recovered vehicles had been matched to cases registered at different police stations, the officers said.

Police were gathering and collating information to identify the cases connected with the remaining 15 motorcycles. The source reported that the three men had substantial criminal records. It said the records included 21 cases against Vinod Kumar, 14 against Govindarajulu and 17 against Murali.

The report did not specify the locations from which individual motorcycles were stolen, the dates of the thefts or the charges filed against the accused. The recoveries may assist police in linking vehicles to complaints across the three States, but the source material did not say whether the investigation had identified additional suspects or alleged buyers. The arrests and vehicle recovery were announced by senior police officials in Tirupati.