Dehradun police have arrested two thieves and recovered stolen items from their possession on Monday. The accused have been identified as Stifan and Kalvin, natives of Madhya Pradesh. They were currently staying in a rented accommodation in Udham Singh Nagar. They, brothers, are college students, it is learnt from police sources.
Police said the they were members of a Madhya Pradesh-based theft gang formed by their maternal uncle Bobby John. Admitting to their crimes, the accused said that they had burgled several locked houses located in Jakhan and Dalanwala areas. In connection with the burglary involving a locked house in Jakhan that occurred on January 28, a case under appropriate sections of IPC was registered against unidentified persons in the Rajpur police station. Teams were formed and they began searching the accused. Police recovered some vehicles, rings, mobile phones, lCDs and Rs25, 000 in cash from their possession.