3 of snatchers’ gang land in police net

The Ludhiana police claimed to have busted a gang of snatchers and nabbed three of its members.

The suspects were identified as Lakhan Kumar Lucky of the Tajpur Road area and Jaideep Sharma and Gagan Kumar Arora, alias Kaku, from Guru Arjan Dev Nagar. The police also recovered five mobile phones, a scooter and a dagger from the suspects.

ADCP Mandeep Singh, ACP, Industrial Area-A, Jasbinder Singh, and SHO, Focal Point, inspector Amandeep Singh Brar addressed a joint statement in this regard.

The officials said on May 9, Brijesh Kumar a factory worker, lodged a police complaint that when he was going to home from the factory, three Honda Activa scooter-borne persons cornered him. They threatened to kill him by pointing a dagger at him and then snatched his mobile phone. On May 10, a case was registered against the unidentified miscreants.

They added that as the police started a probe into the matter, three snatchers were identified. Today after getting a tip-off about whereabouts of the suspects, a raid was conducted by the police and they were nabbed. The scooter used in the crime and looted mobile phone of Brijesh were also recovered by the police.

During preliminary questioning, the suspects admitted that they had committed several mobile snatchings in city areas and the snatched phones were sold by them. In further probe, the police would probe the role of the suspects in past unsolved robberies. More recoveries can also be made in the further questioning of the suspects. Some mobile shop owners who had been buying looted mobile phones might also face trouble.