Four booked for snatching in Amritsar

Amritsar Two unknown persons robbed a petrol pump at gunpoint on Sohian Kalan village in Majitha on Wednesday The victim identified as Rahul Kumar a resident of Kanpur rural told the police that robbers looted Rs 7000 from him Rahul works at Essar petrol pump located on Sohian Kalan village He said on Wednesday at around 545 pm two youths with faces covered arrived at the petrol pump on a scooter Immediately after coming they pointed a pistol at his forehead and snatched money from his pocket and fled away The police have registered a case under Sections 379-B of the IPC and Sections 25 27 54 and 59 the Arms Act against unidentified robbers In another incident two robbers snatched a scooter from a woman in Wadala Kalan village Taljinder Kaur a resident of Burrenangal village said on Wednesday she was going at her workplace and as soon as she reached near Wadala Kalan village the accused snatched her scooter She said her bag containing Rs 4000 cash and a mobile phone was in the scooters boot The police have registered a case under Sections 379-B and 34 of the IPC in this regard TNSTwo vehicle lifters heldAmritsar The Amritsar rural police have arrested two alleged vehicle lifters identified as Kuldeepak Singh and Gurpreet Singh both residents of Kajikot village The police recovered a motorcycle without number and a country- made weapon from their possession The police said on specific input a checkpoint was set up near Chhajalwaddi village When they were signalled to stop the duo tried to reverse the bike but fell down They were arrested and during their search the weapon was confiscated They also could not produce any documents of the bike TNSYouth held with illegal weaponAmritsar The Jandiala police have nabbed a youth identified as Manmohit Singh of Taragarh Talawan and recovered a country-made pistol from his possession According to police he was nabbed near Dharad village He was coming on foot when on seeing the police party he tried to flee in the fields He was arrested and during search an illegal weapon was seized from him A case under the Arms Act has been registered against Manmohit TNSOne booked for cruelty to animalAmritsar Following a complaint by an NGO the Sadar police have booked Mohit Kumar of Fatehgarh Churian under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act Shalini a member of the People for Animals told the police that she got a complaint that the accused had kept a dog on the rooftop of his house and its health condition was worse She said she along with the police party reached the house and found the dog in terrible condition She came to know that the accused had brought her only for breeding She took the dog into her custody and got her treated through the NGO TNS