Four arrested for loot on NH-44

Karnal, January 18

A team of the CIA-1 on Tuesday arrested four persons in an alleged case of thrashing two persons of Kurukshetra and looting them on the NH-44 in Gharaunda on January 11.

The police recovered the SUV which they had looted from Punjab. They were taken on two-day police remand to find out their involvement in any other case. The police are yet to recover the looted money and other belongings.

The accused were identified as Gurmail Singh of Katiwala village in Himachal Pradesh, Abdul of Tibi Bakshiwala in Panchkula, Taru of Assandh in Karnal and Ravi of Brahmani in Kaithal district. They were arrested from Sector 4, said Deepender Singh, in charge CIA-1.

“They thrashed Vishavnath Sharma of Kurukshetra and his driver when they were returning to their home from Delhi in the wee hours of January 11. They could not loot their vehicle,” he added.

The Gharaunda police had registered a case under Sections 379-B, 341, 427, 506 of the IPC and 25/54/59 of the Arms Act in the matter. The case was handed over to the CIA-1 by the Superintendent of Police Ganga Ram Punia. The CCTV footage played a vital role in cracking this case.

Gurmail and Abdul had looted the SUV used in the case from Punjab, said the police.