PURNEA, Jan. 7 -- An inter-district bike-lifting gang was busted with the arrest of six of its members on Wednesday in Purnea, police said.

Police said efforts were on to arrest the remaining members of the gang.

Purnea Superintendent of Police (SP) Sweety Sahrawat said a sudden surge in bike-lifting incidents over the past few weeks prompted police to identify the gang behind the crimes. Acting on specific intelligence inputs, police arrested almost all members of the gang, while the remaining accused have been identified and will be arrested soon, she said.

All the arrested members are residents of neighbouring Araria district and were active in Purnea and other districts of Bihar, the SP said.

She said the gang was busted after pol...