Sunday, 08 May | PNS | Dehradun
The Dehradun police have arrested two persons for allegedly sheltering the accused involved in six chain snatchings carried out on April 28 in different parts of Dehradun. Two motorcycle-borne men had carried out the chain snatchings in Doiwala, Raipur, Kaulagarh, Patelnagar, Premnagar and Selaqui police station areas within one day. On the directions of the deputy inspector general and Dehradun senior superintendent of police, seven police teams were formed to solve these crimes. The police collected evidence from the crime scenes, checked CCTV footage on the routes used by the culprits and used surveillance to collect information about the accused. The police ascertained that a total of four suspects on two motorcycles were seen at the time of the crimes in the areas where they were committed. Based on the footage and feedback from locals and informers, they were identified as Jugnu, Sonu, Kanha and Billu. Sonu’s in-laws live in Chorkhala area of Sahaspur and he is related to Jugnu. All the accused are natives of Uttar Pradesh. Searching at their homes in Jhinjhana in UP, the police learnt that the accused were hiding at the home of a friend in Delhi- an auto rickshaw driver called Sonu Yadav. The police team which had earlier left for Delhi was informed about this and on reaching Yadav’s home, they came to know that he along with two accused was staying at the residence of Gulshan. The police found Gulshan’s home locked but later nabbed him on the charge of sheltering the accused. He confessed that he knew that Jugnu, Sonu and their accomplices had carried out chain snatchings in Dehradun and that he had sheltered the accused along with Yadav at his home. He also said that the accused had gone with Sonu Yadav in his auto to Haridwar. The police team alerted in Haridwar managed to catch Yadav at the Narsan border when he was driving his auto rickshaw from Delhi to Haridwar. He confessed that Sonu and Jugnu had come to him in Delhi after the incidents in Dehradun. He further said that he had dropped the accused in his auto rickshaw at Haridwar. While Sonu Yadav (25) and Gulshan (22) were arrested by the police, the search for Jugnu, Sonu, Kanha and Billu is continuing. The DIG/SSP has announced a reward of Rs 25,000 each on the arrest of the absconding accused.
