Police busted an inter-district gang of miscreants, involved in incidents of arsons, robberies and firing, by arresting its five members, including the
kingpin.
The miscreants, who were arrested yesterday, were identified as Marshal Kanda (the kingpin), Loveleen Singh alias Lamba, Hardip Singh alias Gogi, Deepak Kumar alias Deep, and Manpreet Singh alias Sachin, City Station House Officer (SHO) Inspector Jatinderjit Singh said.
He said that these miscreants had attacked and injured Harman of Bhullarai village and set on fire his motorcycle on March 27 here this year.
They snatched a gold chain and motorcycle from Charanpreet Singh Walia of Phagwara after attacking and injuring him, he said.
Police had recovered the snatched bike from them, he said.
Marshal Kanda had also confessed to have fired at Daljit Singh of Jassomajara village and injured him on April 8 this year, the SHO said.
A case under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code already stood registered against him and his accomplices, including Sachin Kumar of Chak Maidas village, in this connection in the Behram police station of SBS Nagar (Nawanshar) district, he said.
All five were today produced in a local court which gave one-day police remand to kingpin Marshal Kanda but sent four others to judicial custody, the SHO said.
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