Hoshiarpur (The Stellar News) : The local police have busted a gang of burglars by arresting its five members besides recovering gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 15 lakh, stolen from a house in Arora Colony, Kakkaon on August 11.
The accused have been identified as Gaggi, Kala their wives Jannat and Shakku respectively and Asha of Moga’s Dharamkot.
Addressing a press conference, SSP Navjot Singh Mahal said that after the theft at Harjinder Kaur w/o Late Dasudi Ram’s house, the district police constituted a team under SP (D) Ravinder Pal Singh Sandhu along with CIA Incharge inspector Shiv Kumar and SHO police station Model Town Karnail Singh. The team achieved a major success when four members from of gang were nabbed near Chohal at Nakabandi and one member apprehended from Dharamkot in Moga. The district police also seized 200 GM Gold and Diamond, 600 grams of Silver worth Rs 15 lakh were recovered from them.
SSP told that on August 11, Harjinder Kaur and her daughter went to Naher Colony to get vaccinated. When they returned after half an hour, she found some unknown persons barged into her house by breaking the lock of the door and took away the expensive items she kept at house for her daughter’s marriage. A case was registered U/S454, 380 in PS Model Town.
He added that this team investigated the case technical, professional and logical aspects and on the basis leads, different police parties were formed. One of the party was sent to Dharamkot and second was sent to Jawalaji in Himachal Pradesh, but the accused were reportedly returning back from Jawalaji on Motorcycles. Gaggi and Kala and their wives Jannat and Shakku respectively were held during checking post at Chohal and Asha was nabbed from Moga’s Dharamkot and Gold and Silver was recovered from her.
Emphasising the need to be vigilant, the SSP appealed the people to be cautious and they should inform in their neighbourhood and relatives whenever they were going out of home. He also stressed that the theekri pehras in villages and watchmen in urban areas are also needful to avert such incidents.
