Three of robbers’ gang land in police net, motorcycle, four mobiles seized

The police claimed to have nabbed three members of a gang of miscreants who had been involved in looting vehicles and valuables by threatening people with sharp weapons.

One motorcycle, a sharp weapon and four mobiles phones were recovered from the possession of the suspects, identified as Vikas Kumar of Chak Guru village in Garhshankar, now a resident of Kakowal road Ludhiana, Ashu Kumar of Kakowal Road here and Nawab Khan of Raja Barsoni in Sitamarhi, Bihar, at present residing in New Nanda Colony, Ludhiana, in separate incidents.

Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana, Swapan Sharma, said police officials, supervised by ADCP Rupinder Singh, ADCP Samir Verma and ACP Kikkar Singh, had identified and arrested the suspects during investigation of an case registered at the Jodhewal police station on January 7.

Though antecedents of Ashu and Nawab were yet to be ascertained, preliminary investigations revealed that Vikas had previous criminal history.