PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE / Dehradun
The Doon police have arrested three alleged members of Bajrang Dal on Monday for allegedly robbing Rs 14 lakh from four people near Mahant Indiresh Hospital in Patelnagar area in broad daylight. The police have recovered Rs 1.50 lakh of the stolen money from the accused, while four other suspects are still absconding. The circle officer (Sadar) Ankit Kandari said that the robbery was planned after the accused learnt that one of the victims was carrying a large amount of cash for a land deal.
According to the FIR, the incident took place on November 7 at around 3:40 PM. Complainant Rajesh Kumar Soni had collected Rs 14 lakh in cash from his acquaintance, Dinesh Tiwari, for a land deal. He was travelling towards Indresh Hospital in a car with Tiwari, his son Omkar and Gurvinder.
The FIR names Siddhant Badoni, Kartik Bhatia, Deepak Singh Shekhawat and four to five other people as suspects. It states that the accused arrived on scooters and a motorcycle, assaulted the occupants of the car and fled with a bag containing the cash.
Kandari said that the police registered a case at Patelnagar police station under Sections 115(2), 310(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Some sections would also add after more arrests in the case, he added.
The police later arrested Sarvjeet Singh alias Happy (27), Jasmeet Singh (18) and Shakti Singh (47) from the road leading from Alka Dairy towards Mehuwala. During interrogation, the accused allegedly told the police that they knew Tiwari and had prior information about the cash he was carrying. They planned the robbery with their associates to make quick money, the police said.
