Dehradun police have claimed to have cracked the August 19 loot incident involving `3.50 lakh by arresting a person Mohammad Jaiem, native of Araria (Bihar) on Thursday. The incident occurred in Nehru Colony area. leaving police red-faced, two bike-borne persons shot at a local transporter Ritendra, injured him in his leg and decamped with around `3.50 lakh in Dehradun. The police have recovered `74, 650 from possession of the accused. The bike sans registered plate number which was used to commit the loot was also recovered.
In course of interrogation, the accused confessed his crime, saying that he had riding the bike when the incident took place. Three other persons — Imtyaaz, Sadakat and Aasif, natives of Bihar, were involved in the crime. Pillion rider Sadakat had fired shots at the victim Ritendra and they escaped after looting `3.50 lakh.
After this case came into focus, a case under sections 394/397 of IPC was registered against unidentified persons in the police station, Nehru Colony. DIG/SSP Pushpak Jyoti had formed three teams led by SP City and Nehru Colony police station in-charge sub-inspector Mukesh Tyagi and Dalanwala police station in-charge inspector Anil Kumar Joshi were also included in the team. Team members reviewed CCTV footage and found a suspect, seemingly an informer, who was seen filling bank slips the same day and was throwing them in dustbin. He had also deposited `200 in his bank account. He was seen watching the persons standing at the cash counter. The team members began searching the suspect.