Haridwar police arrested the fourth accused Amandeep involved in the case. Two accused have already been sent to jail, while one criminal was killed in a police encounter

NEWS / THE POLICE TODAY

HARIDWAR / Important information related to the robbery came to light after the arrest of Aman, a criminal involved in the Shri Balaji Jewelers robbery case. According to police sources, Subhash, Aman and Lucky used to do recce of the jewellery showroom.And after the robbery, there was a full plan to escape, vehicles were ready to escape.

Information received from the police revealed that this robbery plan was going on for the last about 04 months,

Fake IDs were used for staying in hotels and for mobile numbers, so the police faced a lot of problems in tracing them. Earlier, they had also tried to commit robbery in Una, Himachal Pradesh, where they failed and reached Haridwar but were caught by Haridwar police.

A robbery was committed by 5 armed goons in broad daylight at around 1:30 pm in Shri Balaji Jewelers near Ranipur turn under Kotwali Jwalapur area. A case was registered in Kotwali Jwalapur on which.

On getting information about the incident, SSP Haridwar Pramendra Singh Dobal immediately reached the spot and took a close look at the incident, while on one hand the shop owner was given courage, on the other hand SP City was instructed to form different teams and arrest the accused soon.

However, this big incident that happened in broad daylight spread sensation in the entire state including Haridwar district.

Keeping in mind the sensitivity of the incident, Inspector General of Police, Garhwal Range, Karan Singh Nagnyal, reached Haridwar and met the jewellery showroom owner and inquired about the entire sequence of events and discussed the action being taken by Haridwar Police from every angle to uncover the incident.

Seeing the sensation created in the state due to the atmosphere created immediately after the incident and some old incidents were linked with it, on 03/09/11, Director General of Police, Uttarakhand, Abhinav Kumar reached Haridwar and first of all, after taking information about the progress after the incident from the officials, inspected the spot and met the jeweler’s showroom owner. On behalf of Uttarakhand Police, he assured that we are seriously engaged in the disclosure of this case and our team of best officers is working hard day and night to catch the criminals.

How and for how many months were they doing recce

Aman Kamboj, Lucky and Subhash were planning to commit robbery by doing recce in different jeweler’s shops in Haridwar for the last four months and about four days before the incident of robbery at Shri Balaji Jewelers, they came to Haridwar and roaming around on bike and scooter and were continuously doing recce of this shop very closely.

The accused used to target such shops in which there was no guard or the guard was elderly or the guard did not have any weapon of any kind, which would make it easier for them to commit the crime. Also, they used to commit the crime at such a time when there was less movement. Therefore, Sunday was chosen to commit the crime in Shri Balaji Jewelers because on this day, the crowd is less as compared to other days, so the chances of getting caught were also less.

First of all, the shop was selected by roaming around the whole district. All the routes of coming and going were closely observed. Before the incident, the accused used to use fake IDs to stay in hotels/dharamshalas and also register fake phone numbers and after doing recce, they used to enter the identified shop, snatch the mobile phones of the shop employees, fire and spread terror, intimidate at gunpoint and while leaving after looting, they used to spray pepper so that they get time to escape. Also, they used to take the vehicles used in the robbery/dacoity a little ahead and dump them in a canal or bush or an unknown place and then use another vehicle to escape.

After the incident, to hide the tracking of their vehicles and routes, they used to escape by avoiding the CCTVs of different tolls on the way. They never used the main road, they also used the footpaths and unpaved roads of the villages so that they could not come in the eyes of the camera and the police could not reach any final conclusion by tracking them, but all their cleverness failed in front of Haridwar police.

Know in which states they had committed the crimes

The accused have previously committed robbery/dacoity incidents in Uttarakhand and Himachal and their leader Subhash’s “Karate Gang” has also committed many crimes in Haryana, Delhi and other states. The search for the above mentioned Subhash is going on by the police of many states.

Aman Kamboj, Lucky and Subhash had also attempted to rob Muthoot Gold Finance in Una Himachal Pradesh some time back where they were not completely successful due to the siren but they snatched the mobile phones of the employees and fired shots and fled from the spot.

Also know who are their helpers

The police is also gathering information about whether they have been given any kind of help at the local and state level?

The main accused Subhash had given ₹50000 to Amandeep for participating in the incident, out of which Amandeep recovered a Vivo phone worth ₹25000 and after spending some money, ₹13500.

Today Amandeep recovered the motorcycle and scooty used in the incident which were used by them to escape immediately after committing the incident.

The motorcycle was recovered from inside the Ganga canal on the canal track road at a short distance from the regulator bridge and was taken out with the help of a crane, while the scooter used in the incident was recovered by the police from among dense bushes about 200 meters ahead of the regulator bridge on the canal track road. Its video and photography were done on the spot.

The information of the accused arrested so far is as follows,

Satendra Pal alias Lucky son of Rajpal Singh resident of Muktsar Punjab age about 32 years (killed in police encounter), Gurdeep Singh alias Moni son of Boota Singh resident of Shri Musa Sahib Budha Gurjar Road Mema Singh Basti Police Station City Muktsar Punjab

(arrested currently in jail), Jaideep Singh alias Mana son of Dharmendra Singh alias Raju resident of Musa Sahib Gurjar Road Mema Singh Basti Police Station City Muktsar District Muktsar Punjab

(arrested currently in jail), Amandeep Singh son of Kashmiri Lal resident of village Pindi Police Station Guru Harsahai District Ferozepur Punjab (arrested on date-18-09-2024) However, the search for the fifth accused Subhash resident of Delhi is still on