Two held with 16 stolen mobile phones

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 3

The Meharban police busted a gang of robbers and arrested two of its members. The police recovered 16 mobile phones and one Activa scooter from their possession.

The accused have been identified as Murad Ali, alias Nanni, of Gagandeep Colony, and Vinay Kumar Rinku of LIG flats, Chandigarh road.

Additional DCP Rupinder Kaur Sra in a statement said the police got secret information that above said persons had looted mobile phones from several residents in the recent past.

Accordingly, Meharban SHO Simranjit Kaur laid a naka on Rahon Road and arrested them. During checking mobile phones were recovered from the scooter dicky.

ADCP Sra said the police would seek further remand of the accused to recover more stolen mobile phones and to arrest their accomplices.

She said the recovered mobile phones would be returned after tracing the original owners.