Vehicle thieves’ gang busted in Ludhiana, 2 held

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 6

The city police busted a gang of vehicle thieves and arrested two of its members. The police recovered seven vehicles from the gang.

The suspects have been identified as Guninder Singh Goni and Dharminder Singh of Bilga village, near Doraha. Two gang members, Dalwinder Singh Bikka and Amritpal Singh Amrit, residents of the same village, are yet to be arrested.

JCP Sachin Gupta while addressing a press meet said a tip-off was received that the suspects were operating a vehicle thieves’ gang and they had stolen several vehicles in the recent past.

A naka was laid on the Canal road where a Honda City car was intercepted and the two suspects were arrested. Later during the preliminary questioning, the duo confessed that they had stolen several vehicles from the Ludhiana area in the recent past.

The police recovered stolen Honda City, Maruti Zen, Hyundai Santro, Mahindra Bolero Camper, two motorcycles and a scooter from the gang members.

The JCP said the suspects first used to do a recce in city areas and after finding a soft target, they used to steal vehicles.

He said they had sold most of the stolen vehicles to junk dealers. In further probe, the junk dealers would also be arrested.

The police said the gang members were also facing cases of liquor smuggling, drug smuggling, cheating and extortion.

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