Dehradun police have busted an inter-State gang involved in several thefts reported from the Capital and other parts of the country. Four thieves, including a minor, were arrested.
Police recovered stolen money, a car and a camera from their possession. The thieves have been identified as Tangraj, Akash and Sagar, natives of Indrapuri, Delhi, said SSP Sadanand Date on Saturday.
Harbhajan Singh, resident of Park Road, Dehradun, had registered a complaint in the police station, Patelnagar. In his written complaint, he had said his bag had got stolen when he along with his gardener and driver had gone to a shop on Saharanpur Road to purchase some woods. The bag contained around Rs four lakh.
Acting on this, a case under section 379 of IPC was registered against unidentified persons in the police station. Following the direction of SSP, several teams led by circle officers and Patelnagar police station in-charge BD Juyal were formed to crack the case.
Team members got some clues through the CCTV footages of the incident area. Police recorded statements of some persons based on CCTV footages. Police acted after they received a tip-off that some persons sitting in a car were coming to Dehradun to commit thefts. Police conducted vehicle checking drives at Kamla Palace and arrested four persons, including a minor.
The thieves admitted that they had stolen a bag containing around Rs four lakh. Police recovered Rs70, 000 from their possession. Police recovered a camera too. A case under sections 379/427/411 of IPC was registered against unidentified persons in Cantt Police Station. The car they were on was impounded too. While being grilled, they confessed that they had committed crimes in Delhi and had been sent to jail several times in the past, he added.