3 arrested for stealing 2 goats, sent to judicial custody

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, June 12

The district police today arrested three persons on charges of stealing two goats. Later in the day, they were produced in a court and were sent to jail on a judicial custody for 14 days.

Investigating the case, ASI Haragopal of Mehtiana police told that a check point near Ajnoha Canal proved effective in the capture of the accused. The three men were coming on a bike — while handling the goats — but witnessing the barricades they tried to flee from the spot. Hence, the chase was on and the accused rounded up. Upon questioning, they conceded that they had stolen the goats from the courtyard of a bazigar from Roorkee near Phagwara and they were going to sell them in Kotfatoohi.

An FIR was then lodged against Naresh Kumar alias Lakha, Shaukat Ali — both hail from Ranipur district in Kapurthala — and Riteish alias Sunny, who lives in Sodhi Pind, district Jalandhar. They were arrested and produced before the court and the goats have been handed over to its rightful owners.