Ludhiana, June 5

The Salem Tabri police busted a gang of snatchers and arrested four of its members.

Station House Officer (SHO) Gopal Krishan said on May 26, Jatin Verma of SBS Nagar, Salem Tabri, approached the police station and lodged a complaint that he was heading towards the Jalandhar bypass on his scooter when three armed persons stopped him on the way. They were carrying sharp weapons. They snatched his wallet containing cash and other important documents.

The SHO said later, ASI Jinder Lal Sidhu led the probe in the case and acting on a tip-off, the police laid a naka on the Jassian road near the Pepsi ground where three persons riding a scooter were arrested.

They were identified as Pawan Kumar Mota (32) of Ashok Nagar, Sahil Nahar Golu (25) of New Ashok Nagar and Shivam (20) of Ashok Nagar. Three mobile phones, a sharp weapon and Rs 200 recovered from the trio.

Later during questioning, the accused admitted that after snatching mobile phones, they used to sell the same to Sahil Kumar (50), a resident of the Jalandhar bypass area, at a meagre price of Rs 500 only.

The police also rounded up Sahil and three more mobile phones, which the gang had sold to him, were also recovered.

The SHO said Pawan had a notorious past as six cases of drug snatching, drug smuggling and cheating were already registered against him in the past. — TNS