2 snatchers who targeted cop’s wife, daughter arrested

The City Jagraon police claimed to have nabbed two snatchers who had targeted the wife and daughter of an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Punjab Police on November 22.

The suspects were identified as Gurvinder Singh and Lovepreet Singh Labbi, residents of Kaonke Kalan.

The complainant, Karamjit Kaur, a resident of Kokri Kalan, Moga, told the police that on Saturday, they were returning home from Jagraon on a scooter after buying something for her daughter Navpreet Kaur. Her daughter was riding the scooter and she was sitting behind her. Around 4.45 pm when they reached near the Sherpur Railway Gate, Jagraon, two persons on a motorcycle, with their faces covered, came from the rear. They stopped their vehicle next to the scooter and the pillion rider snatched her purse that she was holding in her hand and sped away towards railway lines.

The complainant said she and her daughter raised the alarm but the snatchers ran away from the scene. Her purse contained two mobile phones, Rs 15,000 in cash and some other documents. She managed to note down the registration number (PB 10 GM 1261) of the motorcycle, which she provided to the police.

Dakha police officials said after identifying the suspects, they were arrested and the looted valuables were recovered.