Dehradun Police arrested a thief from Sahastradhara Road and recovered stolen mobile phones and a laptop from him.
The accused has been identified as Bettiah (Bihar) native Irfan Alam alias Haidar Ali, said SP City Jagdish Chandra, while interacting with media person in police line on Sunday. Chandra said that in his compliant to the Raipur police station, Mandakini Vihar resident Pradeep Sharma said that his mobile phones and laptop was stolen by unidentified persons from his home on July 26.
Following this a case was registered against unidentified persons under section 380 of IPC in Raipur Police Station. Taking cognisance of this complaint, a police team headed by Raipur police station in-charge Shankar Singh Bisht and Special Operation Group (SOG) were formed and they began searching the accused. Police received a tip off about a suspicious person's movement in Sahastradhara area.