Patna, Nov 4 - A college teacher who was allegedly a kingpin of a vehicle theft gang was arrested here, police said Wednesday.

Amarnath Gupta, who teaches chemistry in Guru Govind Singh College was arrested by police on charges of operating a vehicle lifting gang along with others.

Gupta was arrested from his residence at Rajendra Nagar, a posh locality here, after police nabbed Grija Prasad Keshri, a sweet shop owner, in Kaimur district a day ago.

Official sources here said that a police team raided and arrested Gupta on the basis of an FIR (first information report) lodged by Raju Kumar, a local village resident.

Raju in his complaint accused Gupta and Keshri of selling him a vehicle with fake documents. He said that he returned the vehicle after he found that the licence number did not match the one mentioned in the document. But Gupta and Keshri refused to return the money despite repeated requests.

Superintendent of Police (Kaimur) P. K. Srivastava said the police began investigating links between Gupta and Keshri with other gangs involved in vehicle lifting.

In the last few months, police have busted dozens of vehicle theft gangs and have arrested several people. (IANS)