2 robbers arrested in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 5

The Central police division of the Ludhiana police claim to have busted a gang of robbers and arrested two of its members. The police also recovered illegal weapons, cartridges, electronic equipment and vehicles from the gang members.

Festival season: Cops in civvies deployed

• Sub-Inspector Harjit Singh said criminals become active during festival season and to keep tab over them, cops in civvies have been deployed at sensitive points in the Kotwali area.
• He said the police are also holding meetings with shopkeepers and public to seek their support to nab such criminals.

The arrested robbers have been identified as Gurwinder Singh, alias Ginda, of Chuharpur road, Haibowal Kalan, and Jaswant Singh Jassa of Atwal Nagar.

Joint Commissioner of Police, Headquarters, J Elanchezhian, ADCP-I Pragya Jain, ACP, Central, Harsimrat Singh Chhetra, and SHO, Kotwali police station, Sub-Inspector Harjit Singh addressed a press conference regarding the matter.

Elanchezhian said on a tip-off that the robbers were roaming in the Kotwali area, a police party laid a naka and nabbed them.

Later during their questioning, they admitted that they were already facing cases of robberies, thefts, rape, etc, registered against them in the past at various police stations in Ludhiana, added Elanchezhian.

Interrogation of the arrested robbers led to the recovery of a .32-bore revolver, .12-bore gun, Maruti Alto car (Haryana number), four motorcycles, two laptops, four tablets, three LED screens, mobile phone and gold ornaments weighing 15 gram.

ADCP Pragya Jain said the gang was already facing 11 different crime cases and their police remand would be sought to check their involvement in past robberies and theft incidents.

ACP, Central, Harsimrat Chhetra said, the arrested robbers had committed house thefts in the Haibowal area, including Bank Colony, Joshi Nagar, Chandar Nagar and Jain Colony in the recent past. The ACP added that they were also drug addicts and used to buy drugs by selling the stolen or snatched valuables.

The ACP revealed that the gang is of six members, as apart from these two arrested, three gang members, namely Paramjit Grover, Jasmit Singh and Vicky, are already in jai,l while one member is a proclaimed offender.