Bike lifters’ gang busted by Patti police

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Tarn Taran, August 23

Patti police busted a two-member gang of motorcycle lifters here on Sunday. SSP Upinderjit Singh, who assumed his charge on Saturday, informed here on Monday that one of the gang members, identified as Rajan Singh, alias Bhutta of Patti, was arrested on Sunday from Patti with a stolen motorcycle.

During interrogation, the accused revealed the name of his accomplice, Gurlal Singh of Algon Kalan, who was involved in crime. Rajan informed that nine more stolen bikes were kept in Gurlal Singh’s haveli. The police conducted a raid and took all the stolen bikes in their custody. Gurlal Singh was on the run and the police were conducting raids at his possible hideouts.

The accused had been booked under Sections 379 and 411 of the IPC. The arrested accused, Rajan Singh, was produced in a court which remanded him in two-day police custody.