FOUR GANGS OF ROBBERS, THIEVES BUSTED, 11 HELD WITH FIREARMS

SANGRUR : The Sangrur police on Wednesday claimed to have busted four gangs that allegedly committed robberies, burglaries and thefts in the district and arrested 11 persons in this connection with firearms.

The crimes were committed in the last 24 hours, officials said.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Swapan Sharma said four members of the Kala Kachha gang were targeting secluded houses in the night by obtaining information while posing as cloth sellers in the daytime. “Their kingpin Anwar Kumar of Machhiwara was arrested. They were selling stolen ornaments to a Hoshiarpurbased jeweler who too will be booked. His accomplices Shekhar, Duggo, Avinash and Anju, of Kangra in HP will be arrested soon,” Sharma said.

In the second case, Tarandeep Tarni of Mulowal in Dhuri, Harpal Singh Ghuggi, Gurwinder Singh, alias Godi of Tohana in Fatehabad and Ajay of Narwana in Haryana were arrested in Dhuri, he added. “A pistol and two cartridges were recovered from them. Their interrogation led us to a man in MP who was selling illegal weapons. They admitted to have looted Rs 1 lakh in cash, jewellery from a house in Dhuri,” he said. Mandeep, Lakhvir and Sudhir of Dhuri were nabbed with a countrymade pistol, 5 cartridges, jewellery and a bike.

In the fourth case, the police arrested Jaswinder, alias Jassi of Bhammawaddi, who is already facing a drug case; Ajay, alias Robin of Sangrur and Satgur Singh of Chatha Sekhwan, who has six cases of drug and excise registered against him. A case was registered.