Dehradun police have arrested one Harilal Gujjar, native of Rajasthan, from Natraj Chowk, on the charge of escaping with a truck he had stolen. The truck was seized by the transport tax officer at Timli Check Post while he was conducting a checking drive.
Mehtab Ali, an enforcement officer of the transport department, had registered a written complaint at Dharmawala on August 16. He stated that the transport officer had seized a truck having registered plate number RJ 52 GA 1777 at Timli Check Post on August 14/15 night. The same truck was stolen by unidentified persons the same night.
Acting on the complaint, a case (FIR no-188/16) under section 397 was registered against unidentified persons in the police station. Following the direction of CO, a team at police station level was formed at Sahaspur.
The team members were deployed in Sahaspur and Paonta Sahib areas. Acting on a tip- off, police seized the truck worth around Rs30 lakh and arrested the accused Harilal Gujjar, native of Rajasthan, from Natraj Chowk, said Sahaspur police station in-charge Mukesh Tyagi.