A 32-year-old man wished in a 2021 snatching case was arrested in Panchkula by the crime department, police mentioned on Wednesday.

The accused, recognized as Jagtar Singh, of Vikas Nagar, Chandigarh, works as a safety guard. He is accused of snatching the bag of a Rajasthan resident at knifepoint in an auto-rickshaw in 2021.

Complainant Mahesh Chand of Rajasthan, in his grievance on March 13, 2021, had informed the police that he was on his means from Delhi to Panchkula at evening and had taken an auto-rickshaw from the Zirakpur freeway.

As he reached his vacation spot, he opened his bag to pay 50 to the motive force as fare, when one other passenger within the automobile pulled out a knife and snatched his bag that had 3,000 extra essential paperwork. The accused had additionally attacked Mahesh, who had jumped out of the three-wheeler to save lots of his life.

The police mentioned the accused and the auto-rickshaw driver labored collectively to rob individuals. The driver stays on the run.

Police recovered a cell phone from the accused, who they mentioned had instances of theft registered in opposition to him throughout the tricity.

He was produced earlier than a court docket on Wednesday and despatched to judicial custody.