Haridwar Police has arrested four thieves and seized weapons, stolen cash and some other items from their possession on Thursday. These thieves had confined some saints in a room of Sidhkuti Ashram and looted Rs35,000 cash, gold rings, silver coins and other valuables. The accused have been identified as Soma and Kidu, natives of Muzaffarnagar, Rakam, resident of Haridwar and Bangal, native of Bijnor.
Police said the theft incident had occurred at 12.30 am under Shyampur police station area on April 9. Saint Balak Das submitted a written complaint and taking cognizance of this, a case under section 392 of IPC was registered against unidentified persons in the police station on April 9. Haridwar SSP and other police officers inspected the site and several teams were formed with the direction to crack the case at the earliest.
In his written complaint, Das said that he along with five other saints was sleeping in the Ashram when some unidentified thieves confined saints at gun points and looted cash as well as other valuables. Police had grilled around 150 suspects in connection with the case. Police team received a tip-off about some thieves roaming around Chariyapur area. They launched a drive in the forest area of Chariyapur and four persons were arrested. Police recovered two pistols, four bullets and two knives from their possession.
Their interrogation revealed that six other persons named Kala, Bichchhu and Ajib natives of Bijnor, Siyana, Urman and Sonu, residents of laskar, Haridwar were also involved in the theft. SSP Sweety Aggarwal said teams have been formed to arrest the absconders. Several cases have been registered against these thieves in various police stations of western Uttar Pradesh and Haridwar in the past. Senior police officers have announced rewards to the team for cracking the case.