3 of cell phone thieves’ gang held; 7 mobiles recovered

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, November 20

The Kotwali police have busted a gang of mobile phone thieves and arrested three of its members.

The police have registered a case against the thieves identified as Gudu Rangila and Hari Ram, alias Sonu Chauhan, residents of Shelter House, and Bunty Kumar of Islamganj. The police have recovered seven mobile phones from the accused.

In a statement issued, the police said a tip-off was received that the accused were running a gang of thieves and they had stolen several mobile phones on the Guru Nanak’s Jayanti and now, they were on the way to sell the same.

Accordingly, the police party laid a naka near a shelter house where after intercepting the accused, they were arrested. During their frisking, seven mobile phones were recovered.

The accused admitted that they used to roam in crowded places from where they steal mobile phones from pockets of people.

The police said now, the police remand of the accused would be sought to nab other members of the gang and to recover more stolen mobile phones. The police suspected that some shopkeepers had also bought stolen mobile phones and they would also be nominated in the case after identification.