Dehradun district Police have arrested members of ‘tiles gang’, who used to steal laptops and replace them with tiles targeting people travelling in Volvo and other high-tech buses from Dehradun ISBT to other States. Police have arrested seven accused out of whom three are buyers, who used to further sell the stolen laptops in higher prices. A total of 43 stolen laptops were recovered from the accused.
According to the official sources the accused used to seal the bag with glue after replacing the laptop with tiles, to gain time to escape before the owner suspects something amiss.
The accused have been identified as Rajendra (32) resident of Amroha, Mohammad Azhar (24) resident of Moradabad, Pramod (23) resident of Bijnor, Jitendra (35) resident of Amroha- all from Uttar Pradesh, Abdul Salim (32) resident of Hanumagarh Rajasthan and Mohammad Salim (31) resident of New Delhi. Addressing media on Thursday, Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Nivedita Kukreti said.
“We have busted a gang like this before also, but because we were getting information of laptop theft in high-tech buses even after that, we had a doubt that another such gang is active.
We have recovered 43 stolen laptops of different companies amounting up to Rs 20 lakh.” About the arrest she said, “Two of them were found at Dehradun ISBT on Wednesday.
On the basis of their statements we arrested the other five gang members from Paonta Sahib area. Three of the arrested accused are buyers. They used to make teams of two members and used to travel from Dehradun ISBT to other states in high tech buses.
They used to replace the laptops with tiles so that the passenger carrying it can still feel the weight and doesn’t suspect anything. They were doing it since last one and half year.” About the criminal history of these accused she said, “Two of them were attache thieves and used to steal from the trains going down south. We are working on to get their criminal history.”