Dehradun Police have registered a case under Section 177 of IPC against two persons (husband and wife) who had allegedly informed the Selaqui police post official about false loot incident in their home on Wednesday evening. Shekhar Jha and his wife Kavita Jha said that they were looted at gun point by unidentified persons around 7.30 pm on Wednesday. The criminals sitting on bike, reached their home and had confined them in a room at gun point and decamped with Rs 3.5 lakh and jewellery, they said in their complaint. Police rushed to the spot after being informed about the incident. They started vehicle checking drives at important places in the area to arrest the accused. local residents were also unaware of the incident.
later, police found the matter concocted. Shekar Jha’s elder brother Shashi Jha had given them cash worth Rs 2.28 for purchasing land in the area. They wished to absorb the amount by informing the police about the false loot case. Both had admitted their offense and police have imposed challan of Rs 5, 000 under section 81 of Police Act for creating fear among the local residents. Police had also imposed challan on them because they had not conduced police verification of tenants of their house.