Dismissed cop, aide arrested with stolen bikes, cellphones

Ludhiana: The police, on Sunday, arrested a dismissed constable and his accomplice with five snatched cellphones and three stolen motorcycles. Then commissioner of police Rakesh Agarwal had dismissed Gurbir Singh, 31, in December 2020 for remaining absent from duty for long. Thereafter, Gurbir started committing crimes with his friend, Rahul Kumar, 25.
Both the accused are residents of New Maya Nagar.
Assistant commissioner of police (Civil Lines) Harish Behal said, “The two were arrested during investigation into a snatching case. Two men on a bike had snatched a cellphone from Pradeep Kumar, a juice shop employee, near DMC Hospital on September 24. Following the arrest of Gurbir and Rahul, the police recovered from them five snatched cellphones and three stolen motorcycles (PB-10-CZ-0827, PB-10-CQ-7456 and PB-10-GM-6101).”
Division 8 police station SHO sub-inspector Rajinderpal Singh said, “Gurbir was a Punjab Police constable. As he was absent from duty for a long time, Ludhiana former commissioner of police Rakesh Agarwal had dismissed him in December 2020. Gurbir is also a drug addict. After his dismissal, he started executing crimes with Rahul. The accused do not have a criminal record. They have now been booked in snatching and theft cases.”
During his tenure, Agarwal had dismissed and forcefully retired at least 25 cops for irregularities, misconduct and complaints against them. He took the step after some cops, who were irregular on duty, were caught by the special task force (STF) for peddling drugs.