Nainital police claimed to have cracked the robbery at the leprosy home located at Motahaldu in Haldwani as they arrested two criminals allegedly involved in it on Thursday. The criminals had looted the leprosy home the same day Nainital SSP Sweety Aggarwal had assumed charge of the district on October 10. It was challenge for the district police to crack the case and early too. SSP had formed several teams, the members coming from local police station and SOG. They were asked to crack the case at the earliest. They were deployed at various places within the district and parts of Western Uttar Pradesh too.
Aggarwal informed the media persons on Thursday that two criminals identified as Munna alias Khalona alias Ahsan and Danish, natives of Fatehganj, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), have been arrested.
However, many are still absconding, she said, adding that they would be arrested soon. The police had recovered stolen pass book of Uttarakhand Gramin Bank and Rs 2150 from the possession of the arrested duo supposedly taken away from the Home they had robbed.