AGARTALA, August 14 (TIWN): The increased number of popularity of bike riding in Agartala has consequently created another trend, a rising number of bike thefts.

According to a report, altogether 16 bike theft cases have been filed during January 1, 2015 to April 15, 2015.

So far only two bikes have been recovered by the police.

Motorcycle theft is becoming a more common occurrence daily. It is common knowledge there are numerous gangs stealing vehicles and selling them on, or shipping them outside the city.

 There are numerous occurrences of people finding their stolen vehicle by themselves and having to take the law in their own hands as the police do not appear to treat these matters seriously.

There are cases where the victim often receives little assistant from the police. Therefore, the victims take the law on their own hand and get set on the mission to find their vehicles by their own.

Along with the capital, there are several incidents in the interior parts of the state where thieves or some gangs of goons manage to steal bikes from the market areas.

However, compare to the number of stolen bike, the recovered number of bikes are very less. The police must gear up to curve the rampant increase of bike theft.

The active participation of the police may lead to confidence in the mind of the public that they can remain tension free from the stealing of vehicles.

There are incident where several bike theft groups in the area sells the bikes spare parts and sell them separately.

Even there are thieves, who paint the stolen bikes and sell them. Therefore, the police must gear up to curve the crime which is going rampant over the state.