Missing Retd ONGC engineer not traced
Dehradun police are still clueless about a retired ONGC engineer Mohan Singh Payal who has been missing since July 24 morning. However, police recovered Payal’s car in a burnt state from Doiwala (Kundiyal village in the forest area). SSP Sadanand Date said that team from Nehru Colony, SOG and Doiwala police stations has been formed to search for the missing person. Earlier, Himanshu Payal, son of the missing person, registered a complaint at Nehru Colony police station on Monday. He stated that his father who had gone out of the house in a car at 10.30 am on Sunday had not returned home.
‘Black magician’ held for duping
Dehradun police have arrested one Meharban, posing as a black magician, native of Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), on the charge of duping a person Basant lal, resident of Banjarawala, Patelnagar, of around Rs21 lakh while assuring the latter that he would solve the economic problem he was facing. Basant lal, had registered a complaint at Patelnagar police station.He stated that he was a businessman involving milk and property. For the last few months, he had been incurring loss in his business. His health was not also going well. Placed under adverse situation, Basant lal had approached the accused Meharban. The trader had given the tantrik Rs21 lakh-the sum the accused had allegedly digested. Acting on the complaint, a case under appropriate section of IPC was registered and police arrested the accused on Monday.