Dehradun police have arrested five thieves and two jewellers and recovered stolen items worth around Rs10 lakh from their possession on Wednesday. While the thieves were arrested from Kamla Palace, Patelnagar the jewellers were nabbed from ISBT. The jewelers were arrested on the charge of purchasing the stolen items from the thieves, said Dehradun SP City Ajay Singh, adding that two other thieves are absconding.
He said that following the direction of SSP, several teams at police station level and SOG had been pressed into service to crack the registered theft cases reported in the city over the past few months.
Probe into the old cases revealed that an Inter-State gang known as Nura gang was involved in the serial theft cases that recently occurred in the city. Investigation further revealed that all the theft cases occurred between 12 to 2 pm in Premnagar, Premnagar, Patelnagar, Vasant Vihar and other places in the city. CCTV footages installed at various places made it clear that the thieves had used a car to commit thefts in the closed shops and houses. Police acted on Wednesday after being tipped that the gang members were roaming around Patelnagar area to sell stolen gold items to two jewellers.
Police subsequently arrested five gang members while conducting vehicle checking drives. Two Sahranpur based jewellers- Mohammad Javed and Salman- were arrested later while they were found purchasing gold ornaments from the thieves near ISBT.
The accused thieves have been identified as Noor Hasan, resident of Patelnagar, Irshad, native of Meerut, Raees, native of Sahranpur, Khusheed, native of Sahranpur, Zahid, native of Sahranpur. Two others - Istkhar, native of Saharanpur and Ikram, resident of Azad Colony, Dehradun- ,allegedly involved in the theft cases, are still absconding, police said, adding that the team members are trying by all means to arrest the duo.