Ludhiana, May 26 -- The Ludhiana police have arrested four members of two snatching gangs allegedly involved in more than 10 cases of robbery and snatching across the city, including incidents in which victims were threatened at knifepoint and forced to transfer money online.

Police said two of the accused were part of an auto gang that targeted passengers boarding autorickshaws near the railway station before robbing them at isolated locations. The remaining two were arrested for allegedly robbing a retired Punjab Roadways inspector during a morning walk and forcing him to transfer money digitally before fleeing.

In the first case, police arrested Gagan Dhir of Ram Nagar, Jamalpur, and Rohit Singh of Islam Ganj. Their accomplices, iden...