Dehradun police have arrested five members of the notorious Sunil Rathi gang on Saturday on the charge of threatening a woman, Sunita, a resident of Subhashnagar, Clement Town, of dire consequences over the ownership of a disputed piece of land. Police claimed to have recovered one pistol, one cartridge and one mobile phone from the possession of those nabbed. The case has turned interesting with Rathi supposedly having involved his family members and those of his gang in the matter from within the walls of the jail he is now languishing in.
Police source said that the disputed land worth crores of rupees is legally under the possession of one DK Mittal with Sunita taking care of the land after her husband who was the chowkidar died. Sunita in her complaint had alleged that Mittal accompanied by five criminals had asked her to vacate the land immediately or else she would be murdered.
Acting on the complaint, a case under sections 307/354/354b of IPC had been registered against the accused in the Clement Town police station on July 6. Grilling of the five accused revealed that Mittal had hired Sunil Rathi to have the land vacated from the possession of Sunita.
Understanding the sensitivity of the matter with a dreaded gang leader operating from inside a jail, police brass has formed teams involving SOG.
The accused have been identified as Narendra Rathi, native of Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh) who is currently living in Patelnagar, Narendra, native of Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, currently living in Chandravani, Navdeep Rathi, resident of Haridwar, currently living in Clement Town, Vipin Kumar, native of Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, currently living in Subhashnagar, Clement Town and Akash Choudhary, resident of laksar, currently living in Turner Road, Clement Town.
Investigation has further revealed that Narendra Rathi is a western Uttar Pradesh- based hardcore criminal with several criminal cases being tagged to him lodged in various police stations of Uttar Pradesh.