Pressure tactics adopted by Additional Director General of Police (law and order) Ram Singh Meena on Dehradun police have yielded result on Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off, Dehradun police arrested two thieves from Patelnagar area and recovered stolen jewellery worth Rstwo lakh on Wednesday. The accused were identified as Rajan Kumar and Raju Kumar, natives of Darbhanga (Bihar), said Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajay Rautela while interacting with media persons.
SSP Rautela claimed that after arrest of these two accused, police have solved many theft cases reported at several places under Patelnagar and Vasant Vihar police stations area this year. Several cases against these accused were already registered in the police stations of Patelnagar and Vasant Vihar in 2010, 2012 and 2014, he added.
He further said that Police received a tip off about two persons roaming around in the Patharibag area with an intent to commit crime on Wednesday. Acting on this, a team led by senior sub-inspector Natthilal Uniyal was formed and they began search operation against the accused. Police saw two persons suspiciously roaming around in Patharibagh area. Police arrested them after failing to answer satisfactorily.
Based on interrogation, police recovered stolen items like gold rings, lCD, fan, a video camera and others from their possession.
It should be mentioned here that ADGP Meena on Tuesday evening convened a meeting with the Dehradun police officers and expressed disappointment at rise up crime cases in the State capital. He strictly directed the police station officers to either take initiates putting check on crimes or leave the police station.