Bogged down in a series of theft cases, the district police finally got some headway on Wednesday when it arrested five people in connection with these thefts. The Superintendent of Police City (SP, City) Ajay Singh said that a special police team was set up to investigate the theft cases in the city. He said that the team arrested three thieves from lakhibag area of the city on Wednesday. Incidentally, all three arrested are minors.
On investigation they accepted their involvement in theft of mobile handsets and other sundry things in the Kotwali police station area. The Police have recovered some material from them. Similarly on a tip off, police arrested two Dalanwala residents Subhash and Shyam Dayal and recovered a Pulsar bike, purse, and earings from their possession. The duo was intercepted by the police team at Chawala chowk of city on a tip off.
The police said that the duo tried to flee but failed in their attempt. The thieves have accepted their involvement in a purse snatching incident in the city on January 29. In another success a combined police team of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh arrested a notorious thief from Tulsi Chowk area of Haridwar district.
The culprit Vipin a resident of Chamba in Tehri district has accepted his involvement in drugging his employer, a hotel owner in Shimla. The Shimla resident Om Prakash had filed a FIR in west Shimla police station against Vipin. The police have recovered 9 watches, 01 camera, 01 telescope, 140 dollar currency notes and one CPU from his possession.