Dehradun police have arrested an Army jawan aside from two others on the charge of committing thefts in various places in the state capital. Police said that the jawan is an old hand in committing thefts. He was earlier sent to jail on the same charge.
The accused jawan was identified as Vipin Rawat, 24, working in 11 Garhwal Rifle, Garhi Cantt and resident of Baniyawala, Vasant Vihar. The other two were Navin Singh, 24, native of Meerut who was currently living at Khurda Chandrabani in Patenagar and Ashish from Meerut, a computer operator.
The police have recovered two laptops, one lCD and one motor bike from their possession. While interrogated , the accused have confessed their crimes, police said.While being grilled, the Army jawan Vipin said that he used to commit thefts while on leave. Ashish, involved in several theft cases, said he used to reach Dehradun to appear in the court regarding the theft cases tagged to him. Navin said he used to commit thefts in Dehradun as he was staying in the city.
Police further learnt that the trio was set to commit thefts in the hostels and other places in the city. Committing thefts in the hostels was nothing new for them. They were sent to jails in connection with a theft case reported from hostels in Premnagar in 2014.
In view of increasing thefts happening in the hostels, Dehradun SSP Sadanand Date formed a team led by Premnagar police station in-charge Shankar Singh Bisht.
The team started probing the previous theft cases committed in the hostels. Acting on a tip- off, the team succeeded in arresting the trio.