Dehradun police have arrested one person and recovered jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh from his possession, which he had stolen from the residence of an advocate.
Informing mediapersons about the success of police, the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Dehradun, Nivedita Kukreti said that on May 18, an advocate by profession and resident of Chander Nagar, Kl Chaturvedi had lodged a complaint in Kotwali police station and informed about a big jewellery theft from his house. The family had suspected involvement of their former driver who used to frequent their home.
On the orders of SSP Dehradun, a special team was constituted to nab the culprit. The SSP said that based on inputs provided by an informer the police nabbed suspect Vijay Sharma, a resident of Raipur on June 4, near Shivaji Dharamshala. The police team also recovered a bag from the possession of accused and recovered some stolen jewellery. On interrogation he accepted that he has stolen the jewellery from the house of advocate.
The police recovered six chains, five pair of gold bracelets, two gold lockets, nine gold rings, four earrings, three ear tops, one Kundan set and two pearl set and some other items from his possession.
The Bar association of Dehradun has also congratulated the police for arrest of thief and 100 per cent recovery of stolen jewellery. The SSP has declared a cash prize of Rs 2,500 to the team involved in arrest of jewel thief.
The team consisted of In charge of Kotwali police station, Inspector BBD Juyal, Senior Sub Inspector (SSI) Arvind Chaudhary, Sub Inspector (SI) Goverdhan Saini, SI KS Gabriyal, Constables Naveen Kumar and Jaswant Singh from Kotwali police station and SI PD Bhatt, constables lalit, Devendra, Arshad, Rajiv and Pramod Kumar.