Joint team of Uttar Pradesh (Badaun-SOG) and Dehradun police have arrested two criminals – father and son from Raipur in Dehradun on Saturday. Uttar Pradesh police had announced bounty of Rs10, 000 each on both of them. The police recovered one pistol .32 bore, two magazines, five cartridges and one knife from their possession. The accused have been identified as Desh Deepak Bajaj and Shashank, his son, natives of Badaun. Desh Deepak Bajaj had allegedly murdered his wife in the year 1999 and several cases of crimes and extortion are tagged to him in various police stations of Badaun for years, said Dehradun SSP Pushpak Jyoti while interacting with the media persons on Saturday. UP Police had also registered several cases against Shashank in different police stations in Badaun.
SOG Badaun had informed Dehradun police that two hardened criminals from Badaun had made Dehradun their hide-out. They were absconding and changing locations frequently since 2013 to hoodwink police. They were using a pulsar motor bike with UP registered plate number, he further informed. Based on the report, the joint team of Badaun and Raipur police conducted vehicle checking drives at various crossings. During checking, police team spotted them sitting on a bike and asked them to stop for checking at Song River Bridge. However, they started fleeing. With police chasing them, one of the bike -borne criminals fired bullets on policemen. Policemen resorted to retaliatory firing. The duo was arrested after the chasing cops fired three bullets.
Police recovered pistol, magazines, cartridges and knives from their possession. In course of the investigation, the accused admitted their crimes and said that both had been living in Haridwar since 2006 where they had purchased home worth over 20 lakhs. Desh was operating hotel business in Haridwar.
Desh Bajaj said that as he was having a dispute with his business partners Arjun and Subhash, natives of Badaun he frequented Dehradun to arrange money. Investigation revealed that the duo was demanding lakhs by way of extortion from an unidentified person based in Dehradun.