Chandigarh: The Crime Branch of the
Chandigarh Police today claimed to have busted a notorious
gang of criminals who were allegedly involved in several
incidents of chain snatching and auto lifting.
Naman Sehgal and Shubham Sehgal of Jalandhar, both
brothers, were arrested by the police, the police said.
Gurdeep Singh, a drug peddler, their alleged accomplice,
has also been nabbed, they said.
"During the interrogation of these accused it has come to
light that they are involved in several cases of gold chain
snatching and vehicle lifting from Chandigarh. With their
arrest, the Anti Snatching, Robbery and Dacoity detection cell
of the Crime branch was able to solve 12 cases including four
pertaining to vehicle thefts," a Chandigarh police release
said.
The modus operandi of the gang members was that they used
to target women pedestrians wearing gold chains or ear rings.