Chandigarh police on Sunday arrested accused Sanjay alias Suraj, a resident of village Salwan of district Fatehpur (UP) for allegedly involved in snatching and vehicle thefts in the city.
The police recovered one dozen motorcycles and half dozen gold chains after his arrest. DSP South Surjit Malik told The Pioneer that the snatching incidents in southern sectors were increasing so police team in civil clothes was deployed in the area and intelligence inputs were also gathered.Malik added that on August 7, an information was received through reliable sources that accused Sanjay is coming to Sector 44.
And, a naka was laid in Sector 44 here headed by a team of Police Station-34 and they succeeded to nab the accused at the spot. “Accused could not produce any document of Pulsar motorcycle he was driving and he also disclosed that he had put fake registration no. CH01-AA2527 on a stolen motorcycle”, informed Malik. During his interrogation, police also recovered 6 gold chains snatched at different places. Police is claiming that they may be able to solve total 19 cases of various police stations after his arrest.