Gang involved in oil stealing busted in Bahadurgarh, 9 held

With the arrest of nine people, Haryana police on Monday claimed to have busted a gang allegedly planning to steal oil from Hindustan Petroleum pipeline in Bahadurgarh.The gang has so far stolen about 80,000 litres of oil. Acting on a tip-off, nine persons from village Sakhaul who were planning to steal oil from the pipeline at Bahadurgarh were nabbed, a spokesman of police said.

He said that with the earning from stolen oil, the main accused Dinesh Rathi, a resident of Sakhaul has paid back his debt of Rs 15 lakh and purchased vehicles including two cars, a motorcycle, two tractors and an oil tanker. Apart from this, he also donated   one kg silver ornament known as “chatra” at Shri Sheetla Mata Mandir in Gurgaon and another such silver ornament at Shri Mata Jwala Ji.

 The spokesman said that during patrolling at village Sakhaul the police received information that Dinesh Rathi and Vikram Ahlawat, a resident of Behrana along with their associates were planning in a room near Masu Breaker Pvt. ltd. factory to commit a crime and they also had weapons with them.

Following the tip off, police reached the spot and arrested five persons and also arrested other four persons who were trying to escape. During interrogation the accused have identified themselves as Dinesh, a resident of Sakhaul at present living in New Delhi; Ravi, a resident of Bhiwani; Manjit, a resident of Behrana; Harish, a resident of Sonepat at present living in Bahadurgarh; Manoj; Neeraj; Vikram; Anil, residents of Behrana and Sandeep, a resident of Bhiwani.

 He said that the police also recovered a 32 bore country-made pistol and two live cartridges from Dinesh. Also, a 315 bore country-made pistol and a live cartridge were recovered from Vikram and a wooden log of three feet was recovered from Anil. Apart from this, three vehicles which they have brought to commit loot were also recovered by the police.

The spokesman added that a case has been registered against them at Police Station Bahadurgarh. He said that about 20 cases of loot, dacoity, possession of illegal weapons and committing violence were already registered against the main accused Dinesh.He said that the accused would be taken on remand after producing them in the court and it is expected that during interrogation the accused would disclose their involvement many other incidents.