Ludhiana: The police on Monday claimed to have busted a gang of snatchers, with the arrest of four. Eight stolen cellphones and a motorcycle they used to execute snatchings have been recovered from them.
The accused have been identified as Wasim Akram, 22, of SBS Nagar, Pakhowal Road, who is a tailor; Raj Kumar, 25, a labourer of Sham Nagar; Hardeep Singh, 25, also a labourer of Sunet village; and Sooraj Kumar, 19, a painter of Sunet village.
Additional deputy commissioner of police-III Sameer Verma said, “Hardeep and Raj have theft cases against them. They were arrested in 2019 and came out on bail after a few months. After coming out of jail, the duo made Sooraj and Wasim join the gang and started executing snatchings.”
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LUDHIANA: A resident of Ludhiana and five outsiders succumbed to Covid-19 here on Sunday. Besides, 57 residents and 13 outsiders tested positive.
As per the local media bulletin, the 78-year-old man of Barewal Awana, who had hypertension, died at a city hospital.
Civil surgeon Dr Rajesh Bagga said the district toll tally was 949 and that of outsiders 434.
To date, 5,14,691 persons have been tested.
Of the 57 new cases, 22 were from flu corner (influenza-like illness patients), 14 positive cases’ contacts, 13 from OPD, and eight through tracing process.
The Ludhiana case count was 24,379 and that of outsiders 3,572.
So far, 22,785 patients have recovered, which constitutes 93.46% of the total cases.