Snatching case solved within six hours, accused arrested

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, December 4

The Hoshiarpur SSP on Friday handed over Rs62,500 out of Rs67,000 snatched from Amar Kaur, an octogenarian woman of Seena village on Wednesday.

The accused was also arrested. Senior Superintendent of Police Navjot Singh Mahal handed over the recovered amount to the victim at his office. He said an unidentified youth on an Activa had snatched a bag containing Rs67,000 on December 2 from Soham Lal, who was accompanying the old woman near Bassi Khawaju after withdrawing the money from the bank. Following the incident, a case under Section 379-B of the IPC was registered at Model Town police station.

Mahal said a team headed by SP (D) Ravinder Pal Singh Sandhu along with DSP City Jagdish Raj Attri, SHO city Govinder Kumar and SHO Model Town Karnail Singh was constituted to crack the case. He said the team led a technical and scientific probe and nabbed accused Gaurav Sidhu of Nainowal Jattan village within six hours.

The team also recovered Rs62,500 out of Rs67,000 from the accused. The police have also seized the scooter used in the crime.

The SSP said Amar Kaur had withdrawn Rs14,000 from State Bank of India and Rs50,000 from PNB near Vegetable Market. They were going back to their village, when an unidentified scooter borne youth wearing a red cap and blue jacket snatched the bag containing cash.

The woman and Sohan Lal expressed gratitude towards the police for solving the case within a short time.