Dehradun police have arrested two thieves and recovered stolen items from their possession on Monday. The accused have been identified as Sunil, resident of Rajpur and Gyan Singh, resident of Chamba (Tehri).
Ajay Dobhal, resident of Aamwala, has registered a complaint in Raipur police station, stating that his shop, located at Nalapani, was burgled. A case under sections 457/380 of IPC was registered against unidentified persons in the Raipur police station. Following the direction of SSP, a team was formed at the Dalanwala Circle area to search for the accused. Acting on a tip- off, police arrested the accused and recovered stolen gold and cash items from their possession.
In course of interrogation the accused revealed that they used to conduct reccee during day hours and burgled the houses and shops during late night hours. Several cases against the duo had already been registered in police stations of Raipur Kotwali in the past, said SP City Ajay Singh on Monday.
In another development, Vikasnagar police have arrested a thief and recovered stolen items from his possession. The accused has been identified as Irfan, resident of Vikasnagar.
He had allegedly burgled a shop, located at Doctorganj, Vikasnagar on March 27 night and the omplainant Govind Sharma, resident of Vikasnagar, had registered a complaint against unidentified persons in Vikasnagar police station. Interrogation revealed that accused had been involved in several theft cases and several cases were already registered against him in various police stations of Dehradun in the past.