No let-up in snatching incidents in city areas

Though the city police have been claiming to arrest one or two or even more persons in snatching incidents on a daily basis, such incidents are on the rise in the city. On an average, two-three incidents of snatching are reported every day while many go unreported. Women feel insecure when they go out alone as they think they could be vulnerable targets of snatchers. Snatching incidents are not restricted in backward areas of the city as victims in posh areas such as Civil Lines, Ghumar Mandi and Model Town are also targeted by the miscreants.

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In the past few days, many snatching incidents were reported from certain areas of the city.

The Division Number 3 police have arrested Charandeep Singh, a resident of Shimlapuri, for targeting a 43-year-old woman. The complainant, Shabnam, a resident of Janakpuri, complained that when she was returning home on December 3, three persons on a motorcycle tried to snatch her mobile phone near the fish market.

She said she was dragged by them to a few yards but she was able to get hold of one person and others managed to flee. The suspect, Charandeep, was handed over to the police and a case was registered against the trio.

In another incident registered at Division Number 4 police station, the complainant, Arman Malik, alleged that he used to polish ornaments at Sarafan Bazaar. On the evening of December 2, after polishing gold earrings and rings, when Arman was going to handover the ornaments to his employer Gurdip Singh, a person came and started talking to him and took the ornaments from his pocket.

The complainant said somebody called Gurdip that the person, who had looted his employee Arman, was roaming in the market. He and Gurdip went to the place and with the help of other shopkeepers caught the suspect, Iqbal Hussain of MP, and handed over to the police.

In yet another incident, the Sahnewal police have arrested Lashman Kumar of New Azad Nagar, here, who looted a person on November 30. The complainant, Murshad, a resident of Saharanpur, complained that he was working on a project of the NHAI near Dhandari Kalan. On the night of November 30, when he went to have dinner in a tent, a person came, who was holding an iron rod. He snatched his purse and fled the scene. It contained Rs 460 in cash and an Aadhaar card. The police arrested him and seized the money and the rod.

The Division Number 8 police arrested Saroj Paswan of Haibowal and Ajay in a snatching incident. A case was registered against them.

The police said Babli Rani of Fatehgarh Sahib came to Ludhiana and went for shopping at Ghumar Mandi on November 30. Her purse was snatched and a complaint was registered at Division Number 8 police station. The duo were arrested in the case and 15 mobiles and a bike were seized from their possession. They were taken on police remand.