Raikot: Four held for taking away car, valuables

Our Correspondent

Raikot, January 7

The police claims to have solved a case in which four Scorpio-borne unknown miscreants had snatched an Alto car, cash and valuables from a resident of the local Talab Mohalla area on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday.

The incident

Occupants of a Scorpio, four in number, intercepted Manpreet Singh’s car near Johlan Road, overpowered him and snatched his vehicle keys. Before the complainant could comprehend the situation the miscreants sped away with both vehicles.

The police recovered the snatched car and vehicle used in crime from the accused arrested from separate places on Thursday night. The accused have been identified as Sukhdev Singh of Kulla Patti Raikot, Gursharan Singh Sharna of Ward No. 9, Raikot, Sarabjot Singh Jot of Libra village under Khanna police station and Jaskaranveer Singh Jassa of Bassian.

Senior Superintendent of Police Rajbachan Singh Sandhu informed that the Raikot police had solved the car snatching case on the basis of circumstantial evidence within twenty-four hours of the incident.

Preliminary investigations by cops led by the SHO, City, Amrik Singh, and investigating officer Gurmit Singh revealed that a black Scorpio had chased Manpreet Singh of Talab Mohalla, Raikot, when he, who along with his friends, was returning home in his Alto car from the Civil Hospital side late in the night on Wednesday.

Occupants of Scorpio, four in number, intercepted their car near Johlan Road, overpowered Manpreet Singh and snatched his vehicle keys. Before the complainant could comprehend the situation the miscreants sped away with both vehicles.

Having received information about the incident on Thursday, the police registered and FIR under Section 379 B against four unknown miscreants now in custody of the police.