Chandigarh Police has busted a gang of snatchers, active in Chandigarh and Panchkula. Three members of the gang have been arrested and five cases are solved with their arrest, police sources said.
“The accused were apprehended on a secret tip-off, from Vikas Nagar at Mouli Jagran, on Monday evening. Police also recovered a snatched mobile phone, from the spot during investigations,” said Charanjit Singh, SHO.
The accused were then arrested and police identified them as Mohammad Khan, Ajay alias Mathura, both residents of Panchkula, and Ankit Kumar, resident of Manimajra. After further interrogating the trio, police recovered six mobile phones and solving five cases of snatching and theft.
The accused also admitted that they had been involved in snatching incidents for a long time. Speaking about their modus operandi, the accused disclosed that they used an auto-rickshaw (HR- 68-A 8309) to commit snatching incidents. They used to snatch belongings of the person who hired their auto-rickshaw.
Meanwhile, police have also recovered the auto rickshaw.Recently on February 24, they robbed a mobile phone from a person who hired their rickshaw from Housing board light point. All the three accused will be produced before the Court on Tuesday .