Gang of snatchers busted, 3 arrested

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 17

The city police busted a gang of snatchers and arrested three of its members. The police also recovered two motorcycles, an auto-rickshaw and a mobile phone from them.

The accused have been identified as Ekjot, alias Honey, of Preet Nagar, Daba, Amandeep Singh, alias Aman, of Gobindsar, Daba, and Ashwani Kumar Ashi of Nanaksar, Daba.

SHO, Police Division 6, inspector Amandeep Singh Brar, in a statement issued said on June 15, Ram Pal Bharti had boarded an auto-rickshaw. Later, three persons, including its driver, stopped the vehicle on the way and snatched a mobile phone from him. After snatching the same, they threw the victim on a road and fled the spot.

Brar said when a probe started in the case, the three accused were identified and nabbed from near Giaspura.

The SHO said all of them had a notorious past. Ashwani was facing five cases of snatching and thefts, Amandeep two cases of snatching and Ekjot was facing a case of theft.

Revealing about their modus operandi, the SHO said they used to park their vehicle at some isolated place and when passengers board their auto-rickshaw, they used to loot mobile phones and other valuables from them.