The Haridwar police arrested three persons accused of stealing two trucks from the SIIDCUL industrial area.
A fourth accused man managed to escape the police. The police are searching the absconding accused.
Informing the media about the arrests, the Haridwar senior superintendent of police Senthil Avoodai Krishnaraj S said that on Sunday, Rohit Kumar, a resident of village Chipiana in district Ghaziabad, had filed a report about a truck being stolen from Denson Chowk in SIIDCUL.
A team of SIIDCUL police and SOG was constituted to catch the thieves.
Acting on the tip off from an informer, the police team arrested three accused Vinod, Akhtar and Bhupendra from Bedpur Chowk while they were driving the stolen truck toward the Kaliyar area. However, a fourth accused- Amzad managed to escape. All the accused belong to Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district.
The accused said during interrogation that they had come to Haridwar with the intention of stealing the truck.
After stealing the truck they were taking it for sale. Superintendent of police (city) Kamlesh Upadhyay was also present during the press conference. The SSP has announced a cash reward of Rs 2,500 for the police team which arrested the accused.