Your barber’s visit might be for a recce

PANCHKULA: You need to be very careful when you call someone home to run your errands, as it may turn out to be a part of the recce. This modus operandi was revealed by Panchkula police about the three youths who were about to strike at an old couple’s house recently. One of the miscreants had gone as a hair dresser to do the recce of the house.
Three hardcore criminals possessing country-made weapons were planning to strike at a house in Sector 11, Panchkula.The accused were identified as Krishan Kumar and Shankar, residents of Bihar, and Santosh Kumar of Uttar Pradesh. All were in the age group of 20 to 23 years and were residing in Ashiana Flats allotted by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) a few months back.
“One of the miscreants, Krishan had already visited the house three times in the garb of a hair dresser and made the whole plan while trimming the owner’s hair,” said in charge of the crime investigating agency, inspector Karamvir Singh.
“These youths were already doing recce outside the house. They even followed the owner in order to study his daily schedule. Krishan also said in order to be thorough with his plan he went three times to the house,” said another officer.
A case was registered under sections 398 and 401 of the IPC and sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act at the Sector-5 police station. The police had recovered a country-made pistol and an iron rod from the accused.