SHAHKOT
The Shahkot police have arrested an absconding miscreant on the charge of snatching cash.
Investigating officer (IO) Balveer Singh said the accused had been identified as Lovpreet Singh alias Labha son of Inderjit Singh a resident of Bajwa Kalan village.
Sukhwant Singh a resident of Jagat Pur Sohal village had complained to the police that he was returning home on December 31 late evening when the accused and his accomplices waylaid him assaulted and snatched cash from him.
IO said a case under sections 304 (2) (snatching) and 3(5) (committing a crime with the common intention) of the BNS was registered against the accused and his two accomplices were arrested earlier.