Ludhiana, Dec. 30 -- Members of a suspected women gang that allegedly targets women by posing as acquaintances and stealing their gold ornaments managed to dodge a police team and flee in their car after hitting multiple vehicles while evading a trap at Dandi Swami Chowk traffic signal on Monday morning, police said.

According to the police, the gang-wanted in an earlier case-was traced to the area after the Raghunath police post received a tip-off about its movement, following which a police team was deployed at the chowk to stop the suspects' vehicle.

To restrict their movement, police positioned vehicles at the traffic signal to create congestion. A white Swift car, carrying two women and a man, stopped at the signal. When police per...