Ajay Makhrija alias Lucky, 24, the son of an Ahmedabad transporter, allegedly stole motorcycles — only Bajaj Pulsars — as they fetched a good price.

"Ajay's luck ran out when he was intercepted by policemen during nakabandi on Dr Ambedkar Road at Parel on Tuesday afternoon. When the cops asked for the bike's documents, he couldn't produce them and was evasive. The police later arrested him in a bike theft case," said a police officer from Bhoiwada police station. He added that Ajay was remanded to police custody till March 7 by the Metropolitan Magistrate's court at Bhoiwada on Wednesday.

During interrogation, it was revealed that he had recently been released on bail from Thane Central Jail — on January 15 — and had again started stealing. He had stolen five Pulsar bikes from Thane and Kalyan between then and March 2. The police recovered two of the bikes. A total of 17 cases of bike theft are already registered against him in Thane and Kalyan.

A commerce graduate, Ajay lived with his parents at Kalamboli in Navi Mumbai. His father shifted his family as well as their transport business to Ahmedabad two years ago. Ajay frequently visited Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan over the last two years to steal motorcycles. A drug addict, he used the money to buy charas, police said.

Dayanand Kamath/ DNA-Daily News & Analysis Source: 3D Syndication