City police clueless day after robbery

Patiala, June 19

A day after three unknown men shot dead two persons at a petrol pump in Patiala, the police are yet to identify the accused. 

However, the police on Tuesday released a photo captured in a CCTV camera installed at the petrol pump and announced suitable award for anyone providing any information about the accused.  On Sunday night, three robbers on a bike shot dead two persons at a petrol station on the Patiala-Rajpura highway late Sunday night and decamped with Rs 11,000. 

The victims were identified as canter driver and part-time employee Kuldeep Singh and Devinder Singh of Alampur village, who were having dinner at a nearby dhaba. He was shot as he tried to stop the fleeing robbers. 

Even though the incident was captured on the CCTV cameras, the police are yet to trace the robbers. Two of them, armed with a pistol and a country-made revolver, fled towards Rajpura, crossing a toll plaza. 

Sources said two of the three entered Patiala via the nearby toll plaza, as seen in the camera. “This means the third attacker might have joined them just before the crime.”  SHO Sadar Police station, Jaswinder Tiwana, said, the cops are trying their best to identify the accused. “We have some clues and are working on them,” he said. — TNS