Snatchers have a free run in Ludhiana

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, March 16

Miscreants snatched a gold chain and a pair of gold earrings and took away a motorcycle from residents on a single day yesterday in three incidents reported from the city.

Gurmel Kaur (70), a resident of Golden Vihar Colony, lost her gold earrings to two motorcyclists while she was feeding a cow outside her house in a street. The police have registered a case against the unidentified persons under Section 379-B, IPC.

In another incident, Surjit Kaur (43), a resident of Amarpura Mohalla was targeted by two motorcycle-borne youths near Harcharan Nagar while she was going on foot from CMC Chowk after alighting from a three-wheeler on Monday evening. The miscreants fled the spot after snatching the gold chain (weighing around 15 gm) of the victim. The police have booked the unidentified accused under Section 379-B of the IPC.

In the third incident, Jagdev Singh (31), a resident of Makkar Colony, Sahnewal, lost his motorcycle (bearing registration No. PB 91H 0455) to two motorcycle-borne persons while returning home after paying obeisance at a local gurdwara. In a complaint lodged with the police, mother of the victim Reena Walia said the accused forced her son to to give his motorcycle at sword point. The police have registered a case under Sections 379-Band 34 of the IPC.

Factory burgled

Thieves broke into an auto spare parts factory in Focal Point on the intervening night of March 13 and 14 and took away 15 slabs of zinc weighing around 25 kg. The factory owner, Rajat Kumar, a resident of Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar, told the police that the entered the store room of the factory after breaking a part of the roof. The police have registered a case under Sections 457 and 380 of the IPC.