In connection with the murder-cum-armed burglary case reported from Nakraunda, Balawala, Dehradun on September 10, 2014, State police department has increased bounty from Rs5,000 to Rs10,000 for the information leading to the arrest of the fugitive Akram who has remained elusive since the crime was committed, said Additional Director General of Police (law and order) Ram Singh Meena while talking to The Pioneer on Friday. Earlier, DIG Garhwal had announced bounty Rs 5, 000 on Akram.
Meena further said that the district police officers have been directed to deploy forces from time to time based on information to arrest the absconder. They should alto take measures to arrest others absconders too in cases reported in various police stations in their districts. In regards to the burglary/murder case, teams have so far arrested five accused -Nadim, Shahzad, Sazid and Akhlaq, Shazid Pahalwan and they are in jail, it is learnt.
It should be mentioned here that in the armed burglary case, around six unidentified criminals had murdered a 23-year- old person named Ankit and injured four of his family members on September 10, last year. Taking cognisance of the case, a case under sections 395, 396 and 397 of IPC was registered in the Raipur police station.
With police facing flaks from the people- the Chief Minister Harish Rawat made things more difficult for them after he had issued a deadline for State and district police to crack the case promptly- the district police had formed several teams and they were deployed at many places, including Western Uttar Pradesh. Police are conducting raids to arrest Akram, the police officer added. Moreover, Dehradun police have so far declared bounties varying from Rs 2000 to Rs 5000 on around 40 criminals who have been absconding after committing crimes in the state capital, it is learnt.