Four days after some criminals robbed a house of a rice mill owner, posing as income tax officials, at Kichchha in Udham Singh Nagar, police have claimed to have arrested three persons involved in it on Saturday. Two of them are from Haryana. DIG Kumaon Ajay Rautela said that the accused are members of a gang operating in Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh and parts of Udham Singh Nagar district. The accused have been identified as Sartaj alias Channi and Zahir, both from Haryana and Yasin alias Pappi, resident of Udham Singh Nagar.
Police have recovered .315 bore pistol, nine cartridges, a car, three bikes, `5.62 lakh in cash, one and half kg silver and 12 mobile phones from their possession. Further interrogation led to the recovery of one and half kg silver and `20, 000 in cash supposedly stolen in other thefts from the accused.
Police sources said that other gang members Irshad, Rizwan and two others, all from Haryana, have been absconding and teams have been formed to arrest them.
Udham Singh Nagar SSP Senthil Akdai Krishna Raj S said that several teams had been formed at police station level to crack the case. Acting on a tip-off that some suspicious looking men were roaming around Bajpur area the team members arrested the accused while conducting vehicle checking drives. The accused are learnt to have confessed their crime.
Notably, in a daring case of dacoity, about half a dozen dacoits, posing themselves as income tax officials, had entered the house of a rice mill owner at Kichchha on September 27 morning and robbed the house after they confined the family members in the bathroom brandishing gun.
They had decamped with money and ornaments worth lakhs of rupees. Upon being informed, senior police officers, including district SSP, had rushed to the incident site. Forensic team also had reached the site and collected evidences related to the incident. A case had been registered under appropriate sections of IPC in Kichchha police station after they had received the complaint.
Moreover, State DGP MA Ganapathy and DIG Rautela announced a reward of `20,000 and `5,000 respectively to the team members for cracking the case.