STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Police on Saturday claimed to have recovered 20 vehicles within no time before lodging of FIRs.
After assuming the charge of SSP Jammu, Dr. Sunil Gupta started Operation Anti Vehicle Theft and Recoveries (AVTAR) in the whole District of Jammu under which emphasis was put on the early recovery of stolen vehicles and further handing over the same to the rightful owners.
Speaking to media persons, SSP Jammu informed that under operation AVTAR, City Police North comprised of Sub Division City North and City West, Jammu swiftly recovered nine recently stolen vehicles.
Similarly City North Police seized six two-wheeler vehicles under Section 550/ CrPC and after verification of the owners of the said vehicles, they were handed over to the rightful owners, he said adding that those vehicles which were seized under Section 550/Cr.PC were reported by missing by their owners but they were recovered within no time before lodging of FIRs, he.
In addition five vehicles have been seized under Section 550/ CrPC by City North Police but the owners of which have still not been traced. However, search of the owners is going on continuously. As and when the owners of these seized vehicles are traced /identified in future then those vehicles will be handed over to them after completion of legal formalities, the SSP said.
