Four members of thieves’ gang nabbed, stolen items recovered
Suspects had been involved in stealing ready-made garments, cloth from hosiery, textile mills
The police have nabbed four members of a gang that had been involved in stealing ready-made garments and cloth from hosiery and textile mills for a long time.
Huge quantities of stolen goods, including liquor, were recovered from the possession of suspects.
They were identified as Tarun Kapur Lucky, Soman Singh, Ramandeep Singh Jassu and Tanveer Malik, residents of various localities of the city.
Tarun, the kingpin of the gang, is found to be involved in 24 criminal cases in the past.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Inderjit Singh Boparai said Gagandeep Singh had lodged a complaint against the suspects for allegedly stealing huge quantities of garments from his hosiery, DGN Overseas Exports.
He said the suspects were arrested by a police team, led by SI Sukhwinder Singh, from different places and huge quantities of stolen items were recovered from their possession.
Two suspects are still at large in the case. Tanveer used to purchase stolen goods. A pick-up van, 16 bags of ready-made garments and 30 cases of illicit liquor were recovered from the suspects during investigation. Another section under the Excise Act was also added to the case against Tarun from whose possession the illicit liquor was seized.
