Report by:Mir Arif
Doda:Police Station Doda today arrested four thieves from Doda area and recovered 33 stolen batteries of vehicles from them.
The swift action comes after Police station Doda had received many complaints regarding theft of vehicle batteries during night from parts of Doda town and accordingly a team was constituted headed by I/C PP DH Doda ASI Ashwani Kumar under the supervision of DySP Hqrs. Doda Jaswant Singh and on the basis of some technical and human leads said team managed to arrest 4 suspects from Doda town who during interrogation confessed their involvement.
After their disclosures investigating team recovered 33 stolen vehicles batteries from a scrap dealers shop of Qamar Din who is also an ex sarpanch.
During initial investigation, it came to fore that during early morning between 3:30 AM to 6 AM, the burglars of the gang used to first break the glass of vehicle followed by stealing of batteries and than sell to the scrap dealer namely Qamar Din near pull Doda.
The arrested burglars have been identified as
1) Mohd Irfan S/O Abdul Rashid Sheikh R/O Baboor.
2)Aftab Ahmed S/O Mohd Shafi R/O Paryote
3)Qamar Din S/O Mohd Yousaf R/O Pull Doda Ex-Sarpanch (Scrap dealer)
4)Tanveer Ahmed S/O Qamar Din R/O Pull Doda (Scrap dealer).
It is pertinent to mention here that ex sarpanch namely Qamar Din was was also booked in 2017 for same offences.
SSP Doda Abdul Qayoom told Greater Now that further legal formalities and investigation into the matter is going on.
