Police nab 7 men planning robbery in Doon

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Police nab 7 men planning robbery in Doon

Saturday, 04 January 2020 | PNS | Dehradun

Seven men planning to carry out a robbery in Dehradun were arrested on Thursday by the police before they could commit the crime.

The deputy inspector general of police (DIG)/ Dehradun senior superintendent of police Arun Mohan Joshi ordered formation of a team after information was received from Rishikesh about a group of men from Uttar Pradesh planning to carry out a robbery possibly in Dehradun after failing to rob a jewellery shop in Rishikesh.

Addressing the media here on Friday, Joshi said that inspector-in-charge of Rishikesh received information that some people from Saharanpur had planned to rob a jeweller's shop in Rishikesh. However, because they could not succeed, they might try somewhere else- possibly in Dehradun.

The police were informed that the men could be travelling in a black car and a red/black motorcycle to Dehradun, following which the police stepped up checks. The police caught four men- Sanjay Kumar, Farman, Ravi Kumar and Anuj. The leader of the gang Sanjay Kumar told the police during questioning that his business was not doing well and he was under considerable debt, so he had planned to carry out robbery with his friends. They were planning to pose as representatives of some fake company and offer to double money and transfer it from the company’s dead account to the account of their target who was identified as a person with considerable cash.

They had planned to seek half of the amount from the target first and after the person showed the cash, they would then rob the target at gun point.

They had carried out part of their plan at a jewellery shop in Rishikesh some days ago but some of the gang members did not come to rob at gun point citing strict police checking in the town.

Then, they planned to attempt the same in Dehradun but were caught by the police before they could carry out their plan. While four of the men were arrested initially, the police later arrested the three other members of the gang- Puran Ahuja, Devendra and Pandit. According to Sanjay Kumar he was introduced to a man called Pandit who hails from Dehradun, who later called him here to rob target after failing in Rishikesh.

The police are also investigating the case to ascertain if more persons were involved in the conspiracy to rob. “More information will be collected from the jeweller whom they tried to rob in Rishikesh.

We are working on collecting more evidence about it. We will also interrogate the person from Dehradun who was involved with them,” said Joshi.

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