Ludhiana, April 27 -- An elderly woman was robbed of her gold bracelet in Aggar Nagar, one of the posh localities of the city, by car-borne persons including two women on Friday evening. The city has seen such a modus operandi after four years. In 2021, a gang that had become a headache for the police in Punjab and Haryana was caught and significant recoveries were made.

The Sarabha Nagar police lodged an FIR against two unidentified women besides their two male aides and initiated investigation. Complainant Harjinder Kaur, 72, of Aggar Nagar B-block stated that she was returning home after paying obeisance at a local gurdwara at 8 pm on Friday when two women in a car intercepted her way, claiming that they were her acquaintances.

They ...