Ghaziabad, April 15 -- In a late-night crackdown on Sunday, Ghaziabad police arrested three suspects allegedly involved in a series of attempted robberies that left two persons injured in Amrala and Naglaber villages of Modinagar on the intervening night of March 26 and 27. A fourth suspect remains at large.

The arrested suspects have been identified as Itwari Lal, 27; Bharat Kumar, 37; and Padam Lal, 19, all residents of Shahjahapur. Police said they are part of a gang that sells ceramic pottery items at local fairs and had arrived in Modinagar for the Sikri Mela. "They had come to Modinagar for the Sikri Mela, and in between, they conducted recce at Amrala and Naglaber for robberies," said Gyan Prakash Rai, assistant commissioner of po...