Dehradun police have arrested a vehicle thief and recovered two stolen vehicles from his possession. “The accused has been identified as Raju alias Rahul Bhatt, resident of Chandrabani Road, Patelnagar,” said Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Rautela while interacting with media persons on Friday. Several cases under sections 457, 379, 380 and 411 of IPC were already registered against him in various police stations- Patelnagar, Basant Vihar, Raipur, Cantt,Rishikesh and Nehru Colony, he added.
Police teams who were on patrolling arrested Raju and during interrogation, he confessed his offence, he informed. Police recovered two two-wheelers from his possession.Moreover, Raju disclosed that he had made an abortive attempt to steal a bike on July 14. The accused was sent to Suddhowala jail after being produced in the court,he added.
SSP Rautela said that district police had arrested a vehicle thief named Puran on July 14. In course of police grilling him, they came to know he had an accomplice in the crime and his name was Raju.