Dehradun Police arrested a burglar from Haridwar Bypass Road and recovered stolen jewellery amounting to around Rs 3,00,000 from his possession on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Muzaffarpur (Bihar) native Sudheer Sahani, said Dehradun SP City Navneet Singh while interacting with media persons.
Singh said that two cases of burglary were reported under sections 380/411 of IPC in Nehru Colony Police Station on October 9 and Patelnagar Police Station on October 21. Taking cognizance of these two cases, Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Kewal Khurana had formed two police teams headed by the in-charge of the stations concerned Surendra Singh and Jeevan Singh Rawat.
Acting on tip off, the accused was arrested by the police from Haridwar Bypass Road. During interrogation, the accused confessed his offence and said that he used to burglarise locked homes during the night.