Phagwara: With the arrest of three persons, police here claimed to have busted an inter-district gang involved in several cases of robbery including alleged assault and looting of a local scribe in September.
Baljinder Kumar, Rajvir Singh and Kulwinder Singh were arrested yesterday and have been remanded in three-day judicial custody today.
According to the police, the gang was involved in the assault and robbing of a journalist on September 27 in Model Town area here.
Eight mobile phones, one diamond ring, one motorcycle, 800 gram of intoxicating powder, two "datturs" (sharp-edged weapons) were recovered from them, they said.
These robbers are facing over a dozen criminal cases in different parts of the state.
Four robbers of the same gang were arrested on October 3.
