Dehradun police have arrested two thugs from Asharori and recovered stolen jewellery and a bike sans a number plate from their possession on Friday. The accused had ‘police’ pasted on both the number plates on the bike that was recovered .
The duo has been identified as Vinod Kumar Sharma, resident of Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) and his son Vivek Sharma. Both had taken a room on rent on July 26 and conducted recce before committing crimes. Both had duped five elderly persons of jewellery after they influenced them through talks.
In course of interrogation it was revealed that the accused used to target the elderly by offering costlier jewellery in lieu of the jewellery they had. Finally, they escaped with the ornaments from the elderly people.
Police said the accused had engaged a goldsmith Rup Singh Choudhary, native of Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), for Rs 4, 000 per day. The duo was using the goldsmith to convince the old persons that their offers were genuine.