Dacoity bid foiled, four nabbed

Ludhiana, August 11

The Sadar police today claimed to have foiled a dacoity bid and arrested four members of a robbers’ gang.

The suspects have been identified as Maninder Singh Mani, Hardev Singh of Shimlapuri, Nirmal Singh of Dugri and Vikas Kumar of Preet Nagar. One of the suspects, Gurpreet Singh, of Gill village, is at large in the case.

One suspect at large

One of the suspects, Gurpreet Singh, of Gill village, is at large in the case. The police seized a toy pistol, air pistol, one sharp weapon, a scooter and one motorcycle from the four suspects.

ACP Guriqbal Singh, Sadar SHO Harshvir Singh and Morado police post in-charge SI Gurmeet Singh issued a joint statement in this regard.

Police officials said yesterday a tip-off was received that the suspects had formed a gang of robbers and committed several crimes in the past. They were planning to commit a dacoity in the city in a vacant plot at Sangowal village. The police conducted a raid and nabbed the four suspects while one managed to flee the scene. The police seized a toy pistol, air pistol, one sharp weapon, a scooter and one motorcycle from their possession.

Police officials said the police remand of the suspects would be sought from court so that involvement of the gang in past robbery incidents could be checked and the other member of the gang be nabbed. — TNS