Police arrest two involved in Zirakpur armed snatching
The police investigation found that Nitin is a history sheeter who has at least five criminal cases against him related to snatching, attempt to murder, drugs and arms smuggling.
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Police arrested Nitin and his accomplice Amit Kumar. The SSP said that further investigation was underway. Two days after an armed snatching with a banker, the Zirakpur police arrested both accused involved in the crime and recovered a .32 bore pistol, a car and five live cartridges from them.
The incident happened on the morning of March 31 when Vikas Sharma, an employee of State Bank of India, took a lift from two men in a car and the car’s occupants turned out to be robbers.
The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Dr Sandeep Garg, said that Sharma, who was waiting to board a bus from Peerwala Chowk at Chatt light point of Zirakpur, was robbed of cash and other valuable items by two unknown criminals who offered him a lift in a white Skoda car. The robbers made him transfer Rs 1 lakh through UPI and then took him to an ATM at Dashmesh Nagar at gunpoint, where they withdrew Rs 20,000. Before fleeing, the duo also snatched his purse, mobile phones and gold rings while leaving him at a deserted place.
After registering a case under sections 379-B, 382, 506 & 34 of the IPC and Section 25 of the Arms Act, the Zirakpur Police identified one of the accused as Nitin Kumar, a resident of Abohar town in Fazilka.
The police investigation found that Nitin is a history sheeter who has at least five criminal cases against him related to snatching, attempt to murder, drugs and arms smuggling.
Police arrested Nitin and his accomplice Amit Kumar. The SSP said that further investigation was underway.
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