Bathinda, Feb. 1 -- Three persons, including a Punjab Police constable, were arrested on Friday in connection with a snatching incident in which Rs.1.25 lakh was taken away from Bathinda resident Krishan Avtar.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Amneet Kondal identified the arrested suspects as Gurjit Singh, the mastermind of the crime, senior constable Lovejeet Singh and Sukhchain Singh. The incident occurred on Thursday at a filling station near Kotshamir village.

The SSP further said that the trio had been named in an extortion case in 2023, and the matter is currently sub judice. Lovejeet Singh, who had been suspended following the incident, was reinstated despite being booked two years ago.

"Official records show that Lovejeet ...