3 days after petrol pump robbery, deadly video of twin murders out

Aman Sood

Tribune News Service

Patiala, June 22

The Patiala police have cracked the three-day-old robbery and murder of two people with the arrest of two men.

The police have arrested Sikandar Singh and Makhan Singh, who belong to nearby villages.

While senior officials refused to confirm the development, a source said the two had been arrested and the weapon used in the crime recovered. Police are looking for the third accused.

Three robbers on a bike had shot dead two men at a petrol station on the Patiala-Rajpura highway on Sunday night and decamped with Rs 11,000.

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

The incident was captured on CCTV camera.

Two of the accused, armed with a pistol and a country-made revolver, fled towards Rajpura, crossing a toll plaza. Sources said the two entered Patiala via the nearby toll plaza, as seen in the camera. “This means the third attacker may have joined them just before the crime.”

One of the robbers had visited the petrol station an hour before the crime.