Dehradun police arrested a thug who had defrauded a member of a family from Gujarat missing since the disaster on June 16-17. The cops recovered Rs 50,000 from the thug identified as Dehradun resident Mohammad Kasif.
Kasif said that he had contacted Gujarat native Jitendra Gandhi on seeing the photographs of his missing relatives at Sahastradhara helipad. He told Gandhi that his relatives Puja Kapriya, Nish Gandhi and Deep Gandhi were at Rampur village about six km from Rambara. Kasif had demanded Rs 1.5 lakh in return for getting them back safely. He received Rs 50,000 in advance from Gandhi at a local hotel. However, Gandhi complained to the SSP when Kasif turned his mobile phone off after taking the advance money. The Dehradun SSP Kewal Khurana formed a police team for nabbing the accused. Finally, the accused was arrested in Dehradun on Tuesday.
An FIR has been lodged under sections 420/364 of Indian Penal Code in the Dalanwala police station. later Kasif was jailed on Tuesday after being presented in the court.