5 days after dismissal, ex-cop arrested for mobile theft

Ludhiana: Almost a month after a man lost his mobile phone to snatchers, Ludhiana police arrested a dismissed cop and his accomplice for the crime.
The accused were identified as former sepoy Gurdeep Singh of Lohara colony and his friend Kuldeep Singh of Shimlapuri.
The incident had occurred on May 8, when two masked motorcycle-borne miscreants had targeted Pawan Kumar Verma of Janta Nagar, who worked at a factory.On May 11, police had booked unidentified accused under Section 379 B (snatching) and 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC.
Inspector Amarjeet Singh, SHO, division number six police station, said police started investigation and circulated the CCTV footage in the area to get clue about the snatchers.
The police officer said they arrested Gurdeep and his accomplice from his home on Wednesday evening. He said the police have seized the motorcycle used by them in the crime and also a Punjab Police uniform of the dismissed cop.
Cops said the accused sent to two-day police remand on Thursday. They added that the accused will be questioned about their involvement in more such cases.
The SHO said both the accused had been addicted to drugs for the past two to three years and had started snatching mobile phone mainly from migrant workers. He said Gurdeep, worked as sepoy in the Ludhiana commissionerate. Since he was hooked to drugs, he would remain absent from duty. Because of that, he was dismissed from police service on May 30.
They said Gurdeep had got job in Punjab Police on compassionate grounds after his father Darshan Singh had died in firing in 2008 at Chandigarh road.