Accused not held, protesters bring locks for police station | Ludhiana News – Times of India

Ludhiana: A group of men staged a protest outside Daresi police station on Monday, accusing cops of delaying the arrest of accused in a snatching and confinement case. The agitators handed over locks to the cops to shut down the police station, as “they have failed in doing their job”. Refuting the allegations, the Daresi SHO said the police have been conducting raids, but the accused could not be traced.
The case complainant, 42, along with his supporters, reached outside the police station and staged an hours-long sit-in.
The complainant said, “On November 4, some men had confined me in a factory. They stripped and thrashed me, robbed me of Rs 48,000 and made me sign blank cheques of Rs 2.54 lakh. I had lodged a complaint with the police on November 13 and the FIR was registered on November 29.”
The police had booked Ranveer Singh of New Subhash Nagar, Gagan of Kuldeep Nagar and their unidentified accomplices under sections 379-B (snatching), 342 (wrongful confinement), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapons), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offense committed in prosecution of common object) of the IPC.
The main accused, Ranveer Singh, is the former business partner of the complainant.
“The cops have done nothing to arrest the accused. I have been visiting the police station every other day and I am told that they don’t have enough police force to conduct raids. Therefore, I brought locks to make cops shut down the police station as they don’t have enough force to act on our complaints,” the complainant added.
Later, senior officials visited the spot and pacified the agitators by assuring the arrest of the accused.
Daresi SHO inspector Amrit Pal said, “The allegations are false as it is on record that the police conducted at least four raids to arrest the accused. However, they could not be traced. Moreover, the victim did not meet me. I do not know who told him about the unavailability of force. The accused will be arrested soon.”