More than 140 places have been raided and 34 suspects have been detained by different police stations in search of suspect culprits of dacoity that took place on May 16 at Hinotia Alam village, said SP (North) Arvind Saxena on Thursday.
Saxena told that as many as 64 lodges and boarding places have been searched across the city and nearby areas which are used as staying facility for groups of labour which arrive in the city in search of work and work as labour for different works.
Five teams are working round the clock. Three City Superintendent of Police, seven station house officers and 100 police personnel are working on every detail found in the initial investigation, he added.
Police suspects that group of labours ganged to commit dacoity and are working in the direction of identify the miscreants behind the dacoity.
After the incident sketch of one of the dacoit has been used by the police personnel to establish identity of the dacoits by providing it to the villagers of the same village and nearby villages.
Condition of the injured victim Kedar who is undergoing treatment at JK hospital is reportedly stable.
Notably on May 16 ten armed dacoits targeted a family of Hinotia Alam village attacked the family members with sharp edged weapons and robbed Rs 1 lakh cash and gold jewelry worth Rs 3 lakh.
The incident took place at around 12.30 in the night when the family was asleep. At the time of the incident Sodhra Bai his three sons Kedar, Rakesh, and Suraj and their wives Anita, Rekha and Dipika were present. Kedar was injured after he opposed the dacoits from dacoity.