Police foil dacoity, 5 nabbed

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 9

The city police have busted a gang of robbers who were planning to commit a major dacoity in the city and arrested five of its members.

The accused have been identified as Rajinder Kumar of Ram Nagar, Vikas, alias Kekra, of Prem Nagar, Ranbir Singh, alias Bunty, of Jaspal Bangar, Shiv Kumar, alias Shiva, of the Dhillon chowk area and Ashish Kumar, a resident of Mahadev Nagar.

ADCP Jaskiranjit Singh Teja while addressing a press conference said a tip-off was received that the gang was planning to commit a major dacoity in some bank and the accused were sitting at some isolated place near Kanganwal.

Accordingly, the police conducted a raid and nabbed the accused. The police also recovered several sharp weapons, four mobile phones and two motorcycles from the gang members. The recovered motorcycles were stolen by the accused from city areas in the past.

During questioning, the accused confessed that they had formed a gang of robbers and had committed many loot incidents in city areas, including Shimlapuri, Daba, Dehlon and Sahnewal in the past, the ADCP said.

All accused had a notorious past as cases of loot were already registered against them at city police stations and now after coming out on bail, they again started committing crime.

Weapons, cell phones, 2 bikes recovered

The police recovered several sharp weapons, four mobile phones and two motorcycles from the five gang members. The recovered motorcycles were stolen by them from city areas in the past.

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