Acting on a tip-off, Dehradun police have arrested a person from ISBT on Tuesday, allegedly involved in robbing the office of a Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana at gunpoint on October 15. The accused has been identified as Minut and police recovered a pistol from his possession.
Interrogation revealed that several criminal cases have been registered in various police stations of Dehradun and Uttar Pradesh against him over the years. The accused was sent to suddhowala jail after being produced in the court, said Dalanwala police station in-charge inspector Yashpal Singh Bisht. He said that team has been formed to arrest another accused of the robbery, now on the run. Noteworthy, police had on October 20 arrested the gang leader identified as Surendra.
As per the complaint lodged with police, a gang of robbers with faces covered had barged into the E C Road based office of the Congress leader and decamped with `20, 000 in cash and some ornaments while brandishing guns and holding two persons, including the leader’s brother, as hostage. Three persons were identified as the robbers- Aarif Mistri and Minut from Binjor UP and Feim of Amroha JP Nagar UP.
Upon receiving the complaint, police had registered a case under sections-392/398/506/34 of IPC against some unidentified persons in Dalanwala police station. Following the direction of SP (City) PK Rai, several teams led by circle officer Jaya Baloni had been formed to nab the culprits.