Mobile Phone snatcher held

Ludhiana: The police have arrested a mobile phone snatcher, Deepak Kishori, resident of Habib Ganj, and booked him under Sections 379 and 411 of the IPC. A police patrol party, led by Sub-Inspector Kulveer Singh, nabbed Deepak from T-Point near Civil Hospital on Sunday on a tip-off when the accused was going to sell stolen mobile phones. Four mobile phones of different makes were recovered from him. OC

Hosiery Factory, shop burgled

Ludhiana: A hosiery factory, Baba Creation, located at Bhattian Bet village, was burgled on the intervening night of December 18 and 19. Factory owner Harpreet Singh told the police that he had installed overlock and folding machines at his residence. “On December 18 night, when all our family members were asleep in the upper portion of the house, thieves decamped wih six machines and one inverter battery. A case eas registered. Meanwhile, Munish Aggarwal, owner of a cloth shop, Kala Sangam, near Ram Sharnam, on Humbran Road and a resident of Sunview Enclave, Ayali Kalan, has complained that his shop was burgled on the intervening night of December 18 and 19. He said he had gone home after locking the shop at around 8 pm on December 18. “When I opened the shop next morning, I saw that thieves had broken into the shop through the roof and cash lying in the drawer had been stolen,” said the complainant. A case was registered. OC