Mandi. In Himachal Pradesh, the police has arrested 5 accused of looting 10 lakhs at gunpoint from an elderly couple in Sundarnagar of Mandi district on May 11. 4 criminals have been arrested from UP, while one of their accomplices has been arrested from Balh in Mandi district. It is worth noting that the police of UP has also announced a reward on these accused arrested from UP.

SP Mandi Sakshi Verma said that these accused first stole a bike from Mandi city on May 10 and then on the second day, May 11, carried out the robbery at gunpoint at the house of a retired principal in Sundarnagar.

After collecting CCTV footage and other information, as soon as the Mandi police team reached them, UP police had already arrested 2 accused Javed and Shahid in an encounter. In the second encounter, UP police also put gangsters Sartaj and Salman behind bars. Their fifth partner was hiding in Mandi, whose name is Junaid and he works as a painter here. Junaid is being said to be the mastermind behind this entire robbery. He lived in a rented room in Dadour of Balghati and all these criminals were staying with him. SP Mandi said that all the accused have been sent on police remand and they are being questioned there.

Another accused caught in UP is in the custody of UP Police. He will also be brought to Mandi for questioning soon. All five accused have been identified as residents of Muzaffarpur. UP Police has also recovered the stolen bike from Mandi and the loot from Sundarnagar from the four accused. SP Mandi said that Javed and Sartaj had committed the bike theft in Mandi city. Their faces were clearly visible in the CCTV. On the basis of this CCTV footage, Mandi police was able to reach these criminals by connecting the dots.

Migrant workers are committing crimes in Himachal

It is worth mentioning that migrant workers who have come to Himachal from other states on the pretext of working are committing incidents of theft, robbery and looting. Two such cases have come to light in Mandi district in the last 3 months,In which the biggest incidents of robbery and looting have been carried out by migrant labourers from outside states. These migrant labourers are first stealing vehicles and then using these vehicles in robbery incidents. The surprising thing is that these migrants are reaching here with country-made pistols from their states and are carrying out these incidents at gunpoint.

Had committed the crime earlier too

Ajmal and Azam from Uttar Pradesh, two real brothers, involved in the robbery and shooting incident in Pulgharat of Mandi city in March, have turned out to be real brothers. Both these brothers were working as carpenters here. At the same time, those who looted lakhs of rupees including jewellery from an elderly couple at gunpoint in Sundarnagar are also residents of Uttar Pradesh.