Ludhiana: Five robbers arrested; four pistols, ammo recovered

Kuldip Bhatia

Ludhiana, November 1

The Ludhiana (Rural) police have arrested five members of a gang of armed robbers, believed to be involved in several heinous crimes.

Giving details, Ludhiana (Rural) SSP Rajbachan Singh Sandhu said the police have seized four .32-bore pistols with magazines, 18 cartridges, two spent shells of the same bore and a Scorpio SUV from the arrested gang members.

The arrested gang members have been identified as Arshdeep Singh, alias Arsh, resident of Agwar Gujjran village in Jagraon, Manoj Kumar Singla, resident of Mohalla Sant Nagar, Jagraon, Rajpreet Singh, alias Raja, resident of Issewal village, Prabhjot Singh, alias Guduu, resident of Baddowal, and Jaskaran Singh, resident of Beermi village.

According to Sandhu, a police party of the Jagraon police had conducted a raid on a vacant plot near Divine Palace on the main Jagraon-Moga road on a tip-off and the gangsters were arrested while they were reportedly planning to conduct an armed robbery at petrol pumps and liquor vends in the area.

A case under Sections 399 and 402 of the IPC and Section 25 of the Arms Act has been registered against the five gangsters.

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