The Amritsar-rural police have busted a gang concerned in looting authorities meals grain at gunpoint from numerous godowns of Amritsar, with the arrest of 4 of its members.

The accused have been recognized as Gurmeet Singh alias Bhita, Yudhbir Singh alias Yodha and Lovejit Singh alias Joban of Bhagwanpura village, and Baljit Singh alias Billa of Mehmoodpura village of Bhikhiwind sub-division in Tarn Taran district.

With the arrest of the accused, the police have additionally recovered two vans and a .32 bore pistol. The vans have been getting used to loot food-grain from godowns. The accused had dedicated three loots within the interval of round one month wherein round 2000 luggage of wheat valued round 36 lakh was carried away.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP), rural, Satinder Singh stated their groups have been working to arrest the accused, who have been needed within the three latest loot circumstances.

He stated, “On the basis of a tip-off, the accused were nabbed from the Majitha area and two trucks were recovered from them. A pistol of .32 bore has also been recovered, which was snatched by the accused from a security guard of a Jandiala-based godown.” A police official, aware about the investigation, stated, “On June 13, the accused had looted around 500 bags of wheat from a Jandiala-based godown. The amount of the looted wheat is pegged at around 9 lakhs.”

He stated, “The second dacoity was dedicated by the accused on June 29 within the Verka space the place round 500 luggage of wheat have been looted. Similarly, the third loot was dedicated a number of days in the past, in a Majitha-based godown the place round 1000 luggage have been stolen in two vans.”

The official said their preliminary investigation has found that the accused had sold the looted wheat to a Tarn Taran-based commission agent. “Our teams will conduct raid to nab the commission agent. Our teams are also working to find if more food grain was stolen from more godowns by the accused,” he stated. He additional stated one of many arrested accused has already been dealing with 4 prison circumstances, together with that of a dacoity. He stated they’ve recognized yet one more member of the gang, who’s absconding and a history-sheeter. All the accused have been booked beneath the related sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and beneath numerous sections of the Arms Act at Majitha police station.