Police bust gang of looters, recover weapons
Ferozepur, September 25, 2020: The city police have busted a gang of thieves with the arrest of three persons and recovered weapons from the possession of accused on Thursday.
While three of the six identified accused – Samma, Yogi alias Bhajan Lal and Vijay Kumar alias Mamdotia – the remaining three – Sahil alias Kali, Sachin, and Mani Baba management to escape from the scene when the raid was conducted at the designated place near Bajaj Dairy in Basti Bhatia on a tip-off by the police party on their routine patrolling to keep an eye on the anti-social elements.
One rifle 12 bore, 1 used round of 12 bore, two country-made pistols 315 bore and 5 live rounds of 315 bore were recovered from their possession. A case under Sections 399, 402 IPC and 25,54, 59 of Arms Act. In the meantime, Amandeep Kamboj has been appointed as IO in this case and investigations are on.
The accused will be produced before the Court to get remand for further investigation as more clues and of their involvement in various thefts are expected to come on surface.