Agartala, 21st September 2026 : West Agartala Police have arrested four persons in connection with separate vehicle theft cases and recovered a stolen auto-rickshaw and a motorcycle.
According to the Officer-in-Charge of West Agartala Police Station, an auto-rickshaw belonging to Gautam Deb was stolen from the Krishnanagar area late on September 20. Deb informed the police about the theft the same night, following which a search operation was launched.
Initially, police could not trace the stolen vehicle due to technical issues in accessing footage from the Smart City CCTV network. After reviewing Smart City CCTV footage along with footage from other surveillance cameras on Sunday night, police traced the auto-rickshaw to the Border Gol Chakkar area in the early hours of Monday.
Two persons suspected to be involved in the theft were arrested along with the stolen auto-rickshaw.
Meanwhile, police were also investigating a separate motorcycle theft case registered on August 21. Two persons arrested in connection with the case were taken into police remand, following which the stolen motorcycle was recovered.
The two accused in the auto-rickshaw theft case were produced before the court with a prayer for police remand, while the two accused in the motorcycle theft case were produced before the court after completion of their police remand.Police said further investigation into the vehicle theft cases is underway.
