2 migrants fall prey to snatchers; lose valuables, mobile phones in Ludhiana

Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, December 27

Two migrant workers, Ram Bachan Chauhan, a resident of Guru Nanak Nagar, Bhamian Kalan, and his friend Vijay Kumar, were looted by three motorcycle-borne persons near Bhukhri Kalan village on Sunday night.

The victims lost Rs 2,000 in cash and two mobile phones. In his complaint, Ram Bachan told the police that both of them were going on his Honda Activa scooter (bearing registration No. PB 10HD 5884) when the accused accosted them and fled after snatching cash, his purse containing important documents and mobile phones from both of them. The police have registered a case under Sections 379-B and 34 of the IPC.

House burgled, one held

Acting swiftly on a complaint of a burglary at a house in Daad village, the police arrested one of the two thieves and also recovered part of the cash stolen by the accused.

Rajwant Singh, a resident of Daad village, had filed a complaint that thieves broke into his house when he and his wife had gone to pick up their son from school on December 24.

“When we returned, the lock on the main gate was broken, the house was ransacked and gold and silver jewellery and Rs 50,000 in cash were missing from an almirah.

In the course of investigation, the Sadar police arrested one of the thieves, identified as Sher Singh, a resident of Sunet, while hunt was on to nab his accomplice Rohit.

The police had also recovered Rs 30,000 of the stolen money from the arrested accused. The duo has been booked under Sections 454 and 380 of the IPC.

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