Goods truck stolen at gunpoint, recovered

Our Correspondent
Tarn Taran, April 23

The Sadar police have recovered the truck, which was stolen by four armed robbers at gunpoint near Bath village on National Highway No.54 on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday here. The truck was laden with bricks.

The police have also arrested one of the four robbers. Inspector Prabhjit Singh, SHO of the police station, on Friday said the truck (PB-46 M-7758) was stolen at gunpoint by the armed robbers who parked their car in front of the truck. The robbers not only stole the truck laden with 15,000 bricks but also Rs 25,000 cash from the driver and his Aadhaar card.

The SHO said the truck was being driven by Dharampreet Singh and his father Baljit Singh was with him. They were going to Jammu from Karikalan (Ferozpur) to deliver bricks there.

The robbers have been identified as Gurpreet Singh Gop of Piddi, Gurpreet Singh Gopi of Pandori Ran Singh, Kakka Chhali and Jujj of Tarn Taran.

The SHO said Gurpreet Singh of Piddi had been arrested and the stolen truck too recovered from him.

The accused had been booked under Sections 392, 341, 336, 506, 148 and 149 of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act.