₹70,000, gold worth ₹3 lakh stolen from house in Tarn Taran

TARN TARAN: Some unidentified miscreants decamped with ₹70,000 and jewellery worth ₹3 lakh from a house at Focal Point in Tarn Taran on Sunday.

The house owner, Awanjit Singh, 51, said that the thieves have been caught in a footage of closed circuit television (CCTV) camera installed in the street.

The footage was provided to the police for the identification and arrest of the accused.

“The miscreants committed the theft at around 2pm,” he said.

In his complaint with the police, the victim said that he is a photographer, and was at Moulsari Palace Tarn Taran for photography of a marriage function at the time of the incident.

He said that other members of the family had gone to Sokhi Palace in Tarn Taran to attend a relative’s wedding.

“When I came back, I found the doors of three bedrooms open and cupboards in the rooms were broken,” he said.

“After checking everything, I found that jewellery worth ₹3 lakh including eight 40gm rings, two 30gm necklaces, a 20gm chain, four 35gm earrings, etc, and ₹70,000 were missing from the cupboards,” he said.

Bus stand police station assistant sub inspector (ASI) Sanjeevan Singh said that a case under Sections 454 (lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment) and 380 (theft in dwelling house) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against unidentified persons.

ARMED ROBBERS LOOT MOBILE, PURSE FROM STUDENT IN PATTI

TARN TARAN: Two bikeborne armed men looted a motorbike, a mobile and a purse containing ₹500 from a student at gunpoint near Kacha Pakka village, 35km from the district headquarters, on Monday.

The victim was on his way to attend computer classes in Patti.

Victim Shiv Kumar, 20, of Margindpura villag, said he had been attending computer classes from a Patti-based computer centre.

On Monday, when he reached near Kacha Pakka village, two bike-borne miscreants, they had covered their faces, way laid him.

“The pillion rider pointed a gun at me and threatened to kill me if I raised an alarm,” he said. He said that the robbers took away his mobile, purse and a Hero deluxe bike.

“I have lodged a complaint at Kacha Pakka police post,” he said. Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Dilbag Singh said probe is on and a case will be registered against the accused. SULTANPUR LODHI: A 21-year-old man and his family have been booked on charges of abduction and rape of a minor girl in Sultanpur Lodhi here on Monday. Accused have been identified as Gurpreet Singh, his mother Paramjeet Kaur, father Gurcharan Singh and sister Kulbir Kaur, who lives at Fatehpur village, in Jalandhar district.

As per police, when victim was alone at her house on Sunday, accused called her out. With the help of his family, he forcibly took the victim to his house where he raped her in a locked room.

Sultanpur Lodhi women cell in-charge Manjit Kaur said on complaint of the 17-year-old victim, the four were booked, but are on the run. As per complainant, she was abducted and raped by Gurpreet. She said that his family was present in the house when he committed the crime. A case has been registered under Section 363 (kidnapping), 366A (procuration of minor girl), 376 (rape) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act.

AS PER COMPLAINANT, SHE WAS ABDUCTED AND RAPED BY GURPREET AND HIS FAMILY WAS PRESENT IN THE HOUSE WHEN HE COMMITTED THE CRIME