Times News Network
Ludhiana: The Dugri police busted a gang of burglars on Friday, with the arrest of six. Two country-made pistols, gold and silver jewellery, four stolen bikes, one scooter and two stolen laptops were recovered from their possession.
The arrested were identified as Jeetu of Satjot Nagar, Vicky and Raju of Roop Nagar, Manjinder Singh of Beela village, Jagmeet Singh of Lalton Khud village and Ankur Kumar of Pakhowal.
Additional deputy commissioner of police-II Jaskiranjit Singh Teja said with the arrests, the police have solved seven burglaries executed by the accused in different areas of Ludhiana. The accused had been active in the city for the past few years, he said, adding that Raju was the kingpin of the gang and facing trials in four cases of burglaries, while Vicky has two theft cases registered against him.
The ADCP said the accused were addicts and executed crimes to meet their need for drugs. The gang stole vehicles parked outside houses and on roadsides. The police have also recovered a Royal Enfield bike that they had stolen from Chandigarh.
He said the accused used to do recce in the city in daytime and committed thefts at night. They usually targeted locked houses and were more active in Dugri and Sadar.
First, the Durgi police arrested Jeetu and Vicky from a checkpost near Phullanwal. The accused were on a bike and could not produce its documents. When questioned, they confessed to have stolen it. During further questioning, they spilled the beans on more vehicle thefts and burglaries. On the information provided by them, their accomplices were nabbed.