CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

SAHARANPUR. The Kotwali police has arrested the criminal who came to UP after robbing lakhs of rupees from a businessman in Deoband, Uttarakhand. While his companion escaped after getting the opportunity. Police have also recovered the looted money from his possession. According to the information received, the police was checking vehicles on the Mangalore route in view of the Lok Sabha elections. Meanwhile, when two youths riding on Activa coming from Mangalore (Uttarakhand) were signaled to stop, they opened fire on the police as soon as they saw them. In which many policemen had a narrow escape. The police surrounded him at some distance and caught a miscreant. While the other one absconded. Inspector Sanjeev Kumar said that the arrested criminal is Uttam Kumar, son of Madhusudan Tyagi, resident of Kamla Vihar Colony, Deoband. While his absconding partner is Usman son of Inam, resident of Urdu Gate. Police have recovered cash worth Rs 2 lakh 30 thousand, a pistol, two pairs of clothes and masks and 39 small and big keys from their possession. The criminal told during interrogation that on April 16, along with his partner Usman, he had looted the recovered cash from a businessman at Sidkul Roshanpuri street in Haridwar district at gunpoint. He had reached here after escaping from Uttarakhand Police. Inspector said that after filing the report, the miscreant was presented in the court. From where he has been sent to jail.