In the case of armed robbery targeting the owner of a petrol station Gagan Bhatiya who was shot in the shoulder and robbed of cash in Premnagar, police are trying to arrest the culprits. According to Dehradun Senior Superintendent of the Police (SSP) Nivedita Kukreti, district police have found a lead on which they are working.

SSP Kukreti said, “We are questioning people, we have got some leads on which we are working. Five teams have been formed and sent to different places. The victim is stable. The looted amount they are stating is around Rs 8.5 to 9 lakh.”

About the number of accused she said, “The accused can be two or four. The case is under investigation.”

According to the sources, police are tracing the call records of the employees working at the petrol station are being checked. Police have found suspicious activities from the call records of one of the employees working there.

One of the five teams formed under the direct monitoring of Superintendent of Police (city) Shweta Choubey has already started searching for the accused in western parts of Uttar Pradesh. The police have filed a case under section 394 of IPC.It is pertinent to mention that the incident happened at about 9:30 PM on Monday near Dussehra Ground, when Bhatiya was returning home from the station.

He was stopped by two riders on a motorbike; one of them came near the window of his car and started taking the bag filled with cash. When Bhatiya protested, he was shot by one of the accused. He suffered a bullet wound near his collar bone and was taken to a private hospital.