Cops nab 6 for planning robbery

Ludhiana: The Sahnewal police have busted a gang of miscreants, with the arrest of six accused. According to the police, the accused were hatching conspiracy to execute robbery at a cycle parts unit, where one of the accused works as a labourer. The police have also recovered illegal country-made pistol, sharp-edged weapons and three motorcycles from their possession.
The arrested accused have been identified as Ashish Kumar of Mahadev Nagar, Shiv Kumar and Bablu Kumar of Karamjit Nagar, Sharan Kumar and Kushal Shukla of Jain Colony and Vishal Gautam of Hargobind Nagar. Sharan works at the cycle parts manufacturing company in Miller Gunj.
Additional deputy commissioner of Police-2, Jaskaranjit Singh Teja said the accused were arrested from near Pawa village during special checking on Friday, following a tip-off. They wanted to rob the owner of a cycle parts unit, he added. “Sharan works in a cycle parts unit, where the owner used to keep nearly Rs 50 lakh which he deposits in the first week of the month. Sharan contacted his friends and hatched a conspiracy to rob the employer. He bought weapons for Rs 20,000 to accomplish this,” said the ADCP, adding that one of the accused, Shiv Kumar, is already facing trial in two cases of kidnapping and liquor smuggling.
A case of assault was already registered against Ashish Kumar. A FIR has been lodged against accused by Sahnewal police.