In a daring incident that rarely happens in Uttarakhand, eight people, including two women, entered a businessman’s house at Race Course, posing as officers of enforcement directorate (Income Tax) and decamped with lakhs of rupees, jewellery and a two-wheeler worth around `22 lakh. They had their faces covered with scarves. The incident occurred around 8 pm on Monday when a car with the eight accused in reached the house of businessman, Yashpal Tandon. He was then about to leave home to visit a nearby temple. The fraudsters asked Yashpal Tandon and his family members to inform them about their assets in details with several complaints regarding their asserts pending before ED.
They then searched the house thoroughly for around three hours. They asked the family members to show them where they had kept cashes and jewelleries. One of them threatened to have Yashpal arrested on charge of the non-payment of income tax for the assets he possessed. They picked up dry fruits from the dining table and ate them while asking the businessman to pay Rs six lakhs to be spared immediate arrest. They collected the valuables and estimated them.
The fraudsters said the family would receive the official paper on the estimated assets on Tuesday morning and asked Tandon to give them their car. When he refused they then took his two -wheeler away. The vehicle was left at Kargi Chowk. Tandon claimed that the criminals had taken away cash and jewellery worth around Rs 22 lakhs.
The incident has left the police officers shocked. Several teams were formed to crack the case. CO Manoj Kumar Katyal said that Yashpal Tandon had registered a complaint and a case under Sections 419/420/120b/ 506/406 of IPC was registered against unidentified persons in the Kotwali police station.