Dehradun police arrested three members of an inter-State gang from Bijnor allegedly involved in looting tractors in various States — Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Punjab and Uttarakhand. Police have recovered four stolen tractors from their possession. Two of them were stolen from Uttarakhand while one each from Noida and Haryana. The accused have been identified as Indrajeet Gupta, a native of Amroha, Najrul, native of Moradabad and Guddu from Amroha.
In course of interrogation, the accused admitted their offences and said that Gupta was leading the gang comprising around 15 members involved in stealing tractors in the above-mentioned States. Five members of the gang were earlier sent to Haridwar jail while three to jails in Haryana and three to Bijnor.
As regards the theft of two tractors in Tuntowala, Patelnagar, a case under Sections 379 of IPC was registered in the police station. SSP Dr Sadanand Date formed a team led by the circle officer Manoj Katyal. They have launched a manhunt for the accused. In course of the investigation, the team had arrested three other members of the same gang on January 13. Based on the information provided by them, the trio was arrested and tractors were recovered from their possession, said Date.