Main accused held in Trikuta Nagar; his wife and another person also involved
Jammu: Jammu police have arrested a man allegedly involved in looting citizens in the name of giving them lift and then looting their money by threatening to kill them.
The accused person has been identified as Arjun Sharma, alias Glotu, son of Vinod Sharma, a resident of Rajinder Bazar, Jammu. Glotu was arrested from Trikuta Nagar.
According to the police, he along with his wife and another person was involved in several acts of loot and was wanted in around 18 FIRs in different police stations of Jammu district.
“There were around 18 cases registered against Glotu,”Station House Officer (SHO) Bus Stand police station said.
Giving details, police said that during the course of investigation it was found that Glotu was parking his car on BC Road Jammu and was looking for potential people who were travelling out of Jammu towards Udhampur and beyond.
“The modus operandi was that he was telling people that he is travelling towards Patnitop and will provide the lift to the person. After convincing the person, he was taking the vehicle towards Narwal side in the name of picking his wife, namely Priya. After that Glotu with the help of his wife and another person Pumma used to loot the person by threatening to kill with the sharp edged weapons which they were carrying,” the police added. (KNO)
