Three held for theft, snatching
The Operations Cell arrested three youths for snatched mobile phones and stealing two-wheelers.
The police said the accused, Akeel, alias Mulla (24), and Akbar Khan (23), both residents of Nayagaon, were nabbed near the Haryana Chief Minister’s residence. A stolen mobile phone and the motorcycle used in the crime were recovered from them.
The police produced both accused before the court yesterday and the judge sent Akeel to one-day police remand. His interrogation led to the recovery of four mobile phones and a scooter that were stolen from the Mauli Jagran police station.
Akeel already faces six cases registered against him in Chandigarh. Another team of Operations Cell nabbed Mohammad Ashif (25), a resident Dhanas, with a scooter that was stolen from the Sector 11 police station area.