Dehradun police arrested five thieves and claimed to have solved armed burglary case reported in a house, located in the outskirts at Jassowala, under Sahaspur Police Station on September 26 night.
The thieves had burgled the residence of Gurupal Singh Saini and decamped with a Bolero car, cash and ornaments worth lakhs. The accused have been identified as Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) native Maskur and Muntjir alias Chhota; Baghpat natives Aadib and Wakil and Muzaffarnagar native Nafish, said Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Rautela on Saturday.
On September 26, around 2 am, while the house owner Gurupal Singh Saini, a farmer, was sleeping in his cowshed, around eight armed criminals came in and forced Saini to ask his family members to open the door. They got in after one of the family members opened the door. The criminals kept the family members confined at gun point. They first seized mobile phones and later looted the house for around 40 minutes. later, the criminals decamped with cash worth Rs 10, 000, ornaments and the Bolero worth lakhs. The criminals threatened the family members of dire consequences if they screamed. Criminals seemed to know that Saini had sold his land recently. That was why the miscreants demanded money to the tune of lakhs.
Taking cognisance of a complaint registered by Rubi Devi, Saini’s wife, a case was registered under appropriate sections of IPC against unidentified persons in the Sahaspur Police Station on September 27.
SSP Rautela said that armed burglary case in Jassowala was solved with the arrest of five criminals on Saturday. The police recovered stolen items, including jewelry, Bolero car and weapons from their possession. To solve the case, several teams headed by Circle officer SK Singh were formed and they were deployed at many places, including Uttar Pradesh, to nab the culprits.
Police received a tip-off about some criminals roaming around Chhutmalpur area, in UP on Saturday. Teams were deployed there and they managed to nab the criminals named Muntjir and Maskur, natives of Saharanpur. Muntjir is currently living in Khushhalpur and he was an occasional visitor of Gurupal Singh Saini’s home. Muntijir had got information that Gurupal had sold a land and he had kept his money in his home.
Muntjir along with other five members, including Maskur, had planned to rob the house on September 26 night. Based on their information, police arrested Aabid, Nafish and Wakil. The thieves had hidden their weapons, including 315 bore pistol, in Timli forest area. Police later seized them.
State additional director general of police Ram Singh Meena, Garhwal Range DIG Sanjay Gunjyal and SSP Rautela announced reward of Rs 10, 000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 2,500 to the teams for arresting the accused respectively.