Kathmandu. Traffic police arrested 3 people involved in motorcycle theft from Kathmandu on Friday afternoon.  Among those arrested are 25-year-old Sujan Purkuti, 25-year-old resident of Sunkoshi Rural Municipality 4 of Sindhuli and currently residing in Gwarko, Lalitpur, 23-year-old Ashish Gurung of the same place and 22-year-old Sandesh Bal of Bagmati Rural Municipality 1 of Makwanpur residing in Banasthali.  

Vinak Shrestha of Bhimsenthapa Rural Municipality 5 of Gorkha filed an application at the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office saying that the motorcycle number Ba 87 P 920 was lost from Nagarjun Municipality 1 Srinagar in Kathmandu on July 18. 

Purkuti and Gurung were taken into custody on Friday afternoon by the team assigned from the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office while they were hiding inside Dream Bike Reconditioning located in Guheshwari after changing the number of the said motorcycle to Ba 80 P 14 37. Based on their statement that they bought the motorcycle from Sandesh Bal for 17,000 cash, the police arrested Bal from Ranibari in Kathmandu on Friday.

Spokesperson of Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office Superintendent of Police Naresh Raj Subedi informed that the three people who were detained along with the motorcycle have been sent to the Police Circle Swayambhu for necessary investigation. 

Everyone is requested to park their vehicles in a safe place, install wheel locks, chain locks, handle locks, disc locks, etc. Even though the search for lost vehicles and theft control work is ongoing, vehicle owners are requested to be careful and park in a safe place. If your vehicle is lost, you can immediately call Traffic Police Hotline No. 103, Nepal Police Hotline No. 100 with the details of your vehicle and apply to the nearest police office.