Coimbatore: A bag lifter was detained by the Coimbatore railway police and he was grilled by a team of police, but he confessed to only one crime.However, Inspector General of Railway Police A G Pon Manickavel, during a visit to the Erode and Coimbatore railway police stations, questioned the thief for a few hours and he confessed to having committed 10 crimes, including burglary and bike theft.The police have recovered four motorcycles and plan to remand him in judicial custody in Erode on Monday.A few weeks ago, unidentified persons lifted three bags from rail commuters in Erode. Based on the complaints, the Erode railway police registered a case and alerted the Coimbatore railway police.A team from the Coimbatore railway police detained a suspect on the platform at the Coimbatore railway junction and grilled him. He admitted to having committed one crime.The information was sent to IG Pon Manickavel, who visited the Coimbatore railway police station and conducted an investigation. Within a few hours, the same bag lifter confessed to the other crimes he had committed. He had taken away a few motorcycles parked on the roadside in Mettupalayam and Coimbatore and sold them.The detained person has been identified as Ajith, 23, from Usilampatti in Madurai district.IG Pon Manickavel told TOI that there is a huge gap between sub-inspectors of police to SP, DIG and IGP. When this gap is reduced, the investigation would be better. Many accused were very clever and reveal little information about the crimes they committed. The investigating officials may not get all the information from the culprits. So higher level officials have to supervise the investigation directly,

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