Ludhiana: Four days after a motorcycle borne two miscreants tricked a hosiery trader and looted Rs 9 Lakh in cash and a bag of laptop, the city police have apprehended two juveniles- aged 15years and 17 years from New Delhi. The police have also recovered the cash and motorcycle used by the accused in crime, from their possession.
According to police the juveniles had come to city on their motorcycle, targeted hosiery trader randomly, and escaped with cash on their bike. The police managed to trace them through the bike registration number.
On April 11 hosiery trader Shiv Kumar Bansal of Barewal road was going to his factory form house with a bag of cash. While the driver was driving car the trader was sitting on the back seat with cash when they were tricked by accused.
60-year-old Bansal, owns a hosiery factory on in
Phase-IV of Focal Point area. Following the daily routine, he left the house in morning. His driver
Kuljinder Singh was driving the car while he was sitting behind with the bag of cash and laptop. As soon as they reached on RK Road, near
Cheema Chowk around 11 AM, bike borne two miscreants struck there. They waved the driver to stop and told that fuel is leaking from engine.
The driver stopped and started checking the car. The trader followed him and alighted from the car to check the vehicle. Meanwhile the miscreants picked the bag of cash and laptop and escaped.
A few hours later the police found the bag with laptop and Rs 3 Lakh in cash from Sherpur area. The incident was captured in a CCTV in which bike rider was wearing a helmet while the face of pillion rider was found uncovered. The CCTV also captured the bike registration numbers which helped police in tracing accused.
The Commissioner of Police,
Sukhchain Singh Gill said, "The CCTVs installed in area helped police in tracing accused. Once police got the registration number of bike used in crime, the police conducted a raid and apprehended accused form New Delhi."
Gill added, "The accused have confessed that they came to city with their neighbours who had a hearing in local court. Bansal was their random target. The police further are tracking their criminal history."
