Two Kalimpong school students caught with stolen motorbike

SNS, KURSEONG, 23 JUNE: Two students of a famed school in Kalimpong were caught red-handed with a stolen motorbike at Teesta Bazaar in Kalimpong at around 1 a.m.

The motorbike of Arun Pradhan was found missing around midnight which he had parked at 10th Mile in Kalimpong in front of a nursing home. As soon as he came to know about it, he filed a complaint with Kalimpong police that his CBZ motorbike has been stolen. 

The Kalimpong police immediately informed its regional police outposts and accordingly Teesta police outpost put up barricades in the Teesta area. Around 1 p.m, the Teesta police caught two persons with the motorbike red-handed. Police sources said that after primary investigation it was found that the arrested persons were students of a famous school in Kalimpong. It was learnt that the two students had stolen the motorbike to sell it to a gang that buys and sells such stolen motorbikes. 

The two students have been produced before the ACJM Court, Kalimpong from where they have been sent in four days police remand. A police official said: "We have taken the students in four days remand and will find out if they were involved in such activities previously." 

The two students had been staying as paying guests in Kalimpong to pursue their education and while one is a resident of Lava, the other is from Kumai, both in Kalimpong Sub-division. They have been identified as Asif Gurung, studying in Class IX and Smile Rai who had recently been admitted to Class XI. Both are 18 years of age. 

As per school sources, "these two boys must have befriended anti-social elements in their on-going summer vacation and come across such foolish ideas. No school allows such anti-social behaviour to their students."