Garment shop robbery: Women’s gang of seven, accomplice held in Ludhiana

Gang was involved in four robberies in Ludhiana and Khanna

Police have arrested seven members of a women’s gang that had targeted a garment shop in Salem Tabri area on Thursday.

The accused had targeted a garment showroom two days ago. They were captured on the CCTVs installed near the shop. (HT Photo)

Police have also arrested their accomplice – an auto driver. They had robbed garments worth 2.5 lakh from the shop. Cash and garments were recovered from them.

The accused, Pammi, Payal, Chhoti, Nikki, Babli, Kajal and Seema, are all residents of the Mullanpur Dakha slum area. Police said Paras Kumar of Mandiyani village was their accomplice.

All members of the gang were residents of the Mullanpur Dakha slum .area (HT Photo )

Salem Tabri station house officer Inspector Gopal Krishan said police had arrested the accused near a Verka Milk point on Ferozepur road. “The accused were in the area to commit another crime,” he said.

The accused had targeted the garment showroom two days ago and decamped with cash and garments. They were captured on the CCTVs installed near the shop. The accused used to target shops between 2am to 4am.

The police had circulated the video on social networking sites to identify the accused. The gang had committed a similar crime on November 2019 in Model Town. The accused have confessed to their involvement in four such robberies in Ludhiana and Khanna.