Nine days after a petrol pump in Dugri was robbed of ₹81,000, six gang members were arrested for the crime under the Dhuri Railway overbridge on Sunday.
Those arrested are Gurdeep Singh of Shimlapuri, Kulwinder Kumar of Jalandhar, Hardeep Singh of Hoshiarpur, Vijay Kumar of Una (Himachal Pradesh), Satnam Singh of Jalandhar and Himanshu Heer of Basti Jodhewal. Two unlicenced pistols, ammunition, sharp-edged weapons, vehicles used to commit the robbery and ₹36,000 were seized from them.
Joint commissioner of police (JCP, rural) Sachin Gupta said, “The gang has carried out a series of robberies and snatchings across Punjab. Kulwinder had purchased the two pistols for ₹11,000 and ₹9,000 from Uttar Pradesh. They were planning another robbery under the overbridge when they were arrested.”
