KATHMANDU, JANUARY 6
Metropolitan Traffic Police Division today handed over 26 motorbikes, including nine scooters, to their respective owners.
The two-wheelers were lifted by racketeers from various places of Kathmandu valley and either sold to clients in rural and peri-urban areas of the country or were being driven by themselves.
The bikes to the owners after verification of documents.
According to MTPD, the bikes were mainly stolen from Pashupati area, Bouddha, Narephant, Thimi, Suryabinakyak, New Baneshwor, Chabahil, Kirtipur, Satdobato, Kalanki, and Gongabu, among other areas of the valley. Plainclothes cops deployed by Victim Support Unit of MTPD had retrieved the stolen bikes. MTPD had deputed cops to various parts of the country and valley to intercept stolen bikes. Most of the two-wheelers lifted from the valley are sold to clients in rural parts that have road networks, but lack the presence of law enforcement officials. Hospital premises and busy marketplaces are more vulnerable to bike thefts.
SSP Bhattarai advised bike owners to park their two-wheelers in secure places with handles locked and treat their property more seriously. MTPD has made a provision in such a way that any person can call at the traffic police hotline (103) and submit an application to MTPD when his/her vehicle is suspected to have been stolen. Intelligent locking system with double lock option could make it difficult for racketeers to lift motorcycles, he said.
Carelessness on the part of bikers is the main cause behind the problem despite the fact that they are well informed about daily reports of motorcycle lifting, according to a report of the MTPD.
A version of this article appears in the print on January 7, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
