73-year-old Punjab man left for dead in Canada after robbery attempt

Tribune News Service

Ropar, June 15

A 73-year-old resident of Giani Zail Singh Nagar here died at Brampton in Canada after two youths robbed and injured him seriously. The deceased Amarjit Singh Bhatnagar, a former president of the Rotary Club, Rupnagar, had gone to meet his elder son there.

Arvinder Singh, another son of the deceased, informed that his father had gone to Canada for six months on April 14 to meet elder son Jaspinder Singh. On Tuesday evening when the father-son duo was strolling in a park, two youths robbed them and pushed Amarjit down resulting in a head injury to him, said Arvinder.

Amarjit was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on June 14. The local police had arrested one of the suspects, he said.