3 vehicle thieves land in police net

Our Correspondent

Fatehgarh Sahib, March 27

In two separate incidents, the district police have arrested three persons for stealing vehicles. The police recovered three cars, nine two-wheelers, seven mobile phones, three suitcases and one laptop from their possession.

While addressing the media today, Fatehgarh Sahib SSP Amneet Kondal said vehicle thefts and luggage being stolen from vehicles were being reported from Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib for the past one month. She deputed constables and women cops in civil uniform to keep a watch on anti-social elements.

She said on March 24, a man driving a Honda City car (PB-10AR-0015) came to Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib and started inspecting four-wheelers in the parking lot. The police got suspicious and kept a close watch on his activities. When he tried to pull the door of one of the cars, the police overpowered him.

The SSP said during preliminary interrogation, he revealed his identity as Kuldeep Singh, a resident of Ambala. The suspect admitted that he had been stealing vehicles for the past 15 years and was out on bail after spending around eight months in the Ambala Jail.

Kuldeep revealed that over 20 cases of theft were lodged against him in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. He was driving the Honda City car, which was stolen from Gurdwara Anandpur Sahib yesterday.

The SSP said he was a master in breaking open the lock of cars. The police recovered keys of several four-wheelers from the dashboard of the Honda City car. On his disclosure, the police recovered three cars, seven mobile phones, three suitcases, stolen from a Tata Safari parked at Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib, and a laptop from his possession.

Amneet said the Amloh police arrested two vehicle thieves. The police signalled a motorcyclist to stop for checking. During checking, the suspects failed to produce the documents of the motorcycle.

During preliminary interrogation, the suspects revealed that they were riding a stolen motorcycle. They have been identified as Jasbir Singh, alias Jassi, a resident of Bajigar Basti, Amloh, and Gurcharn Singh, alias Channa, a resident of Samashpur Colony, Amloh. On their disclosure, the police recovered nine stolen motorcycles from them.