Gang of criminals stealing oil from Hindustan Petroleum pipeline arrested
The police, during patrolling at village Sakhaul had received secret information that the accused Dinesh Rathi and Vikram Ahlawat along with their associates were planning to commit another crime.
Haryana police has busted a gang of nine criminals indulged in theft of oil from Hindustan Petroleum pipeline at Bahadurgarh. According to the police, the gang has so far stolen about 80,000 liters of oil.
"The prime accused Dinesh Rathi who is a resident of Sakhaul had paid back his debt of Rs 15 lakh and purchased vehicles including two cars, a motorcycle, two tractors and an oil tanker by selling the stolen oil. Besides paying the debt he had also donated one kilogram silver ornaments at Sheetla Mata Mandir in Gurgaon and Jwalaji in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh," a police spokesperson said.
The police, during patrolling at village Sakhaul had received secret information that the accused Dinesh Rathi and Vikram Ahlawat along with their associates were planning to commit another crime.
Following the tip off, police reached the spot and arrested nine persons. During interrogation, the accused identified themselves as Dinesh, a resident of Sakhaul, at present living in New Delhi; Ravi, a resident of Bhiwani; Manjit, a resident of Behrana; Harish, a resident of Sonepat, at present living in Bahadurgarh; Manoj; Neeraj; Vikram; Anil, residents of Behrana and Sandeep, a resident of Bhiwani.
The spokesperson said that the police also recovered a 32 bore country made pistol and two live cartridges from Dinesh. Also, a 315 bore country-made pistol and a live cartridge were recovered from Vikram and a wooden log of three feet was recovered from Anil. Apart from this, three vehicles which they had brought to commit the loot were also recovered by the police which included a car bearing registration number HR 13 C 5951, two motorcycles bearing registration numbers HR 13 J 2536 and HR 99-9991.
The spokesman said that a case has been registered against the accused at Bahadurgarh Police Station. He said that about 20 cases of loot, dacoity, possession of illegal weapons and committing violence were already registered against the main accused Dinesh.
The accused would be taken on remand after producing them in the court and it is expected that during interrogation the accused might disclose their involvement in many other incidents, he said.