Gang of snatchers busted, three held

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 19

The Crime Branch of the UT police today busted a gang of snatchers by arresting three of its members who were accused of snatching at gunpoint in Sarangpur on August 10 here.

Signed cheques worth Rs 10.43 lakh, one cheque book, documents and weapon used in the crime were recovered from their possession. The accused have been identified as Sumit Kumar, alias Lucky, alias Sharry (29), Anmol Sharma (19) and Amandeep Kaushal (26).

Subhash Gupta, a resident of Sector 38, had registered a case under Sections 392, 34 and 411 of the IPC at the Sarangpur police station on August 10 alleging that while he was going home from his marble shop, two youths came on a motorcycle and snatched his bag containing signed cheques worth Rs 10.43 lakh, one cheque book and some documents at gunpoint.

On Wednesday, officials received information that the suspects were roaming in Sarangpur and Dhanas. After getting a tip-off, a team of the Crime Branch, headed by Sub-Inspector Ashok Kumar, laid a naka near the Dhanas bridge and succeeded in apprehending all accused and recovered the weapon and the motorcycle used in the crime.

Sumit is the kingpin of the gang and has a criminal background. He was working at the marble shop of the complainant for the past six months. Anmol is foreign-returned and was now planning to go abroad again. The accused were in need of money and knew that the complainant used to carry cash daily.

On the day of the incident, Sumit planned to commit the robbery and sent his accomplices - Anmol and Amandeep - to execute the plan. They accordingly robbed the complainant while he was going home after closing his shop. All accused were produced before a court, which sent them to judicial custody.