Dehradun police have arrested three persons on charge of committing thefts and burglaries and recovered some stolen items from their possession on Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Jauni, native of Brampuri, Meerut, Krishan, native of Jagriti Meerut, and Vinay, native of Shamli.
A Rishikesh-based police officer said that Sabbal Singh, resident of Shyampur, Rishikesh, had registered a complaint of burglary following which a case had been registered against some unidentified persons in the police station. As per the written complaint, some unidentified persons had burglarised his locked house on March 22 and decamped with jewelleries. On March 21, Hemlata, resident of Shyampur, had also registered a case, stating that her locked house had been burglarized by unidentified persons who had decamped with jewelleries and computers.
In view of increasing cases of theft and burglary reported from Rishkesh area, several teams had been formed to crack them. Police had conducted verification drives during the night hours on Monday and nabbed three suspects. later, as the trio was grilled in the police station they are learnt to have admitted their involvement in the theft/ burglary cases.
Interrogation further revealed that the area of their operation covered Roriwala, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Ranipokhri and some other areas. Police recovered jewelleries and a pistol from Jauni while a laptop, an iron rod and a knife were recovered from Krishan and a mobile phone, Rs 2100 in cash and a khukhri from Vinay.