Dehradun police arrested three thieves from two different places and recovered stolen items from them on Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Bijnor (UP) native Shahzad Ali and Rishikesh residents Vipin Prajapati and Sonu Pandey, said Dehradun SSP Ajay Rautela while interacting with mediapersons.
The SSP said that police teams acted on two registered theft cases in Nehru Colony Police Station and Rishikesh Police Station and arrested three thieves on Tuesday. In his written complaint, Uttarakhand Devbhoomi Udyog Vyapar Mandal, Rishikesh state president Rajkumar Aggarwal said that on January 14, some unidentified persons had stolen Rs 70, 000 from his pocket near the Triveni Ghat area in Rishikesh.
Taking cognisance of this, an FIR was lodged under section 379 of the IPC against unidentified persons in the Rishikesh Police Station. Police team headed by sub-inspector Vinod Prasad Thapliyal interrogated several suspects and finally arrested two accused- Vipin Prajapati and Sonu Pandey from Kumharbada, Rishikesh. The accused confessed their crime. The police have also recovered Rs 50, 000 from their possession.
In another case, in his written complaint, Rajivnagar resident Sushil Kumar Gupta stated that some miscreants had stolen cash and jewellery from his home when he along with his family had gone to Ghaziabad on October 10, 2013.
Taking cognisance, an FIR was lodged under sections 457/380 of the IPC in the Nehru Colony police station on October 12, 2013. Acting on a tip off, police arrested the accused Shahzad Ali from Shastrinagar, Haridwar Road on Tuesday and recovered stolen jewellery from him.