How Punjab Police’s sniffer dog solved theft case in 6 hours—with a little help from thief’s CCTV cameras

Speaking to The Indian Express, SSP Jain said the Faridkot Sadar constabulary presumption received a telephone astatine 7 p.m. reporting a theft astatine the location of Ravdeep Singh, a garment store proprietor from the Ghoniwala village.

“Ravdeep’s woman Gagandeep Kaur, a authorities schoolhouse teacher, usually joins him successful the day astatine the store aft coming from schoolhouse aft a little halt astatine home, leaving the location locked for astir of the day. That evening, Ravdeep received a telephone from his brother, who noticed that the lights successful the location were switched connected and the main gross was open. The mates rushed home. They recovered that the lobby doorway had been broken, and the almirah locks had been forced open,” said Jain. The mates initially reported a theft of Rs 14 lakh and 35 grams of golden but aboriginal revised the stolen magnitude to Rs 5 lakh and the aforesaid magnitude of gold, added Jain.

Roxy enters the scene

A constabulary squad led by Jasmeet Singh Sahiwal, Superintendent of Police (Investigation) and Tarlochan Singh, Deputy SP, reached the scene. While archetypal investigations began astatine 7 pm, sniffer canine Roxy was deployed astatine 9.30 pm.

“The canine sniffed footprints connected the treble bed, picked up a scent, and led the squad connected the five-kilometre chase. The pursuit took them done constrictive lanes, unfastened fields, and adjacent adjacent a canal, wherever the way concisely went cold. However, the squad recovered footprints again by crossing the canal done a kutcha (untarred) road. Once brought to a spot adjacent the accused’s house, the sniffer canine instantly picked up the scent and resumed tracking,” she said.

By 12.30 am, the canine led the officers consecutive to the location of Gurpiyar Singh. When confronted, helium allegedly denied immoderate involvement. However, a hunt of his location and CCTV footage confirmed his role, said the police, who recovered the stolen currency and golden by 1 americium and arrested him.

Interestingly, nary CCTV cameras were installed on the 5-kilometre stretch, but the thief’s information cameras provided important evidence. The footage showed him leaving his location and returning during the clip of the crime, according to the police.

The SSP said that helium was produced successful tribunal connected Saturday afternoon, and further investigations volition find his motive down the theft. “The lawsuit marks a important occurrence for the Punjab Police, highlighting the effectiveness of sniffer dogs successful transgression detection. What started arsenic a regular probe turned into a remarkable show of canine intelligence, proving that sometimes, the champion detective successful the unit walks connected 4 legs,” said Jain.

She said canine squad handler constable Lakhwinder Singh and his adjunct Rajiv Kumar besides played a cardinal relation successful solving the case.