Two persons accused of theft have been nabbed by the police in Haridwar while three other accused are absconding. The duo was caught with stolen goods reported to be worth Rs six lakh.
According to the information provided by official sources, on December 12, Maya Singh had filed a complaint in the Kankhal police station regarding the theft of 218 water pipes kept for work uder AMRUT project at Bairagi Camp in Kankhal by unknown persons. Another complaint had also been lodged with the Kotwali police regarding theft of 47 pipes on December 16 in Bhagirathinagar, Bhupatwala.
For the early disclosure of these theft cases, a joint police team of the city Kotwali and Kankhal police station was formed under the direction of Haridwar senior superintendent of police Senthil Avoodai Krishnaraj S. The police team started searching for the thieves through CCTV footage and surveillance. On Sunday, an informant tipped off the police who arrested two accused with 116 pipes from the under construction building near Alaknanda Guest House.During interrogation, the two accused confessed to committing the theft at both the places.They said that some of the stolen pipes had been sold in Delhi and Ghaziabad. They were taking the remaining pipes for sale on Sunday.
The duo further informed the police about the persons they used to sell the stolen items to in Delhi and Ghaziabad. The duo caught by the police have been identified as Uttar Pradesh natives Kamal Kishore and Inatullah. The SSP said that the accused Inatullah currently works as a scrap dealer.
On spotting heaps of electric wires and water pipes at construction sites, he used to inform Kamal Kishore and arrange for a vehicle. After this, fake documents of stolen goods were prepared before the items were sold. While Kamal Kishore had reportedly been jailed in the past for theft of pipes in Dehradun.