LOHIAN KHAS
The Lohian Khas police have arrested a member of the snatcher’s gang absconding for the last ten months.
The investigating officer (IO) Hans Raj said that the accused had been identified as Gurprit Singh alias Gopi son of Ajit Singh a resident of Puniya village.
Piara Lal (70) a resident of Raiwal Bet village and presently living at Mahalan village had complained to the police that he was returning home after paying his obeisance at a temple on April 27 late at night when six accused riding on motorcycles and a scooter waylaid him near Lasoorri village and asked him to hand over what he has.
Piara Lal had said that when he told the accused that he is a poor man and has nothing with him they started beating him and he raised an alarm and people began assembling on the spot and the accused fled away.
IO said that a case under sections 379-B (snatching) and 511(punishment for attempting to commit offenses punishable with imprisonment.) was registered against the accused and his accomplices on April 29, 2022, and three members of the gang were arrested earlier.