Kamla Nagar police nabbed two youths and rescued a dog stolen on October 24 from Nehru Nagar. It was recovered from Ambedkar Nagar on Monday, dog’s owner SHO of Govindpura police Dinesh Chouhan had declared a reward of Rs 25000 for any clue to the dog.
Acting on a tip off two youths identified as Sanjay Malviya and Abhijeet Rajput were nabbed on Monday and dog was rescued.
According to the police, on October 24 the dog was stolen while Chouhan’s son Rahul went with the dog at around 8 pm and while he was walking with the dog two miscreants came and engaged Rahul in talks and suddenly they pushed Rahul and escaped with the dog . A complaint was lodged with the Kamla Nagar police and based on the complaint the police registered a case under section 379 of the IPC.
Police said that two teams were formed which raided more than five houses but police failed to find the dog and later advertisement of the stolen dog was published in newspaper and a reward of Rs 25000 was declared for providing details or finding the dog.
The SHO of Govindpura police and victim Dinesh Chouhan said that after the dog was stolen his children were upset and remained sad on the eve of Dipawali. The family was concerned regarding the dog Dimpy’s wellbeing.
He said that two pairs of dog were bought from Nagpur at Rs 22000 per pair. Nabbed miscreants are students of BCom first year and have confessed that they have stolen dogs in the past as well.