Two snatchings were reported from the city on Friday.
Manoj Kumar, 36, a native of Bihar who works as a vegetable vendor, said his carry bag which contained Rs 5,000 was snatched on Friday morning.
Kumar said he was going to the vegetable market in Sector 26 at around 6.30am when a man stopped him to ask for directions. Then, three people in an autorickshaw came from behind, and snatched his carry bag that contained Rs 5,000 and PAN and Aadhar cards. He could not note down the registration number of the vehicle.
A case has been registered at the Sector-19 police station.
Pushpinder Pal of Phase-1, Mohali, who is a roadside vendor, said that on Thursday, two people on a black motorcycle snatched his mobile phone near the Dadumajra dumping ground where he sells peanuts. The accused had asked him about the rate for the peanuts, and when he was packing it, they snatched his phone. A case has been registered at Maloya police station.
Man held with pistol, cartridges
{{/usCountry}}Man held with pistol, cartridges
{{/usCountry}}A man was arrested with a pistol and five live cartridges in Baltana on Friday while two of his accomplices managed to escape. The arrested accused has been identified as Narinder Kumar. Investigating officer Kulwant Singh said they received a tip-off that three people were coming to a dhaba in Baltana to change the fake number plates on their vehicles . As the accused reached the dhaba, police cordoned off the area and arrested Kumar with the pistol and cartridges. His two accomplices are at large. A case has been registered at Zirakpur police station.
Three POs arrested
Three proclaimed offenders (POs) have been arrested in two days.They are Manoj Kumar of Maloya, Ranjit Singh of Ram Darbar and Vikash Kumar alias Sethi of Sector 56, Chandigarh. Manoj was declared PO in December 2013 in a case of causing grievous hurt, Ranjit in August 2019 for snatching and Vikash for theft in January 2013.
Two thefts reported from city
Two thefts have been reported from Chandigarh. Amanjit Singh of Sector 20 said his LED television and its remote were stolen from his locked house on December 27. A case has been registered at Sector 19 police station. Harwinder Singh Khanna said 40 to 50 kg of brass circle was stolen from a factory in Industrial Area, Phase 2. He said that the thieves had entered the premises by breaking the roof grill on the intervening night of December 26 and 27. A case has been registered at Sector 31 police station.