Three of gang arrested in theft cases in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 30

The city police busted a gang of thieves and arrested three of its members.

They have been identified as Bhupinder Singh Kala of Jassian road, Amit Kumar of Jassian road and Kartik Sharma.

ADCP Sameer Verma and ACP Jatinder Singh conducted a press meet in this regard.

The ADCP said a police team had received a tip-off that a members of a gang of thieves were roaming in Gurdev Nagar to commit some major theft and it was the same gang which had committed a theft at a house in the area a few days ago.

Accordingly, the police team conducted a raid and nabbed them. The police recovered a motorcycle and some household items from them.

During preliminary questioning, they confessed to having committed six theft incidents in Ludhiana in the recent past and in further probe, the police would interrogate them to recover the stolen goods.

The ADCP said thieves mainly used to target under-construction houses from where they steal sanitation goods, wires or other valuable things.

Some junk dealers who had bought stolen goods from them may also face action.

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