SHAHKOT
The Shahkot police have arrested an absconding member of the gang of thieves busted in February.
Investigating officer (IO) Puran Singh said that the accused has been identified as Rannjit Singh alias Jeeta son of Kashmiri Lala a resident of Bhadma village.
Amarjit Singh a resident of Fajal Pur village had complained to the police that the accused and their accomplices barged into his shop on 29 January night and decamped away with a welding set.
IO said a case under sections 457(lurking house-trespass) and 380(theft in dwelling house) of the IPC was registered against the accused and his three accomplices were arrested earlier.