Dehradun police arrested three armed thieves and recovered stolen money amounting to Rs 83, 955, gold chain, credit card, a country made pistol and two bullets on Friday.
The accused who had robbed a financer at gun point in Sahastradhara area on Wednesday have been identified as Rishinagar (Raipur) residents Ramesh Kumar alias Manish, Ravi Kumar and Sunny alias Ganju, said Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Kewal Khurana while interacting with media persons. One of the accused Ravi Kumar is brother of Rishinagar councillor Neetu Valmiki.
In his written compliant to the Raipur Police Station, Kanwali Road resident financer Naveen Garg had said that after meeting with his clients, he was returning home from Rishinagar near Sahastradhara at around 9.30 PM. Three persons stopped his bike at a crossing near Rishinagar and robbed thousands of rupees, gold chain at gun point. Naveen Garg phoned police control room and narrated the incident. The SSP formed a team headed by SP Rural Mamta Vohra, CO Dalanwala MS Farswan, Raipur Police Station in-charge SS Bisht, sub-inspectors Vinod Singh Rana, Vinod, Pawan, Subodh and Kamlesh.
Police also prepared a sketch of the suspects. On suspicion, two persons were interrogated on Thursday and based on their interrogation reports all the three armed thieves were arrested. During interrogation, Ravi said that financer was visiting his brother in law Rakesh’s home occasionally for collecting money. The accused had learnt that Garg keeps substantial amounts in cash with him. Several cases were registered under different sections of IPC against Sunny and Ravi Kumar in the Raipur Police Station earlier. SSP Khurana has announced cash reward of Rs 2, 500 to the team for arresting the criminals while Garg also announced a reward of Rs 5, 000 to the Raipur police.