Miscreants flee with car carrying Rs 2-lakh old notes

Our Correspondent

Abohar, November 22

A car carrying denomitised currency worth Rs 2 lakh, a licensed pistol and three mobile phones was looted at gunpoint on the Abohar-Sriganganagar highway this afternoon.

Balwinderjit Singh of Srikaranpur segment in Sriganganagar district reportedly informed the Abohar police that he was returning from New Delhi, had his lunch at Malout and during his brief halt at Abohar, he collected a payment of Rs 2 lakh from an arhtiya in Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes. At about 3 pm, he halted near Usmankhera village. Some miscreants came out of Skoda and Verna cars, caught hold of him and pushed him to the roadside. They took away his Fortuner car (RJ 13UC 1800). Since the miscreants were armed, none of the passersby tried to intervene. Besides the cash, his licensed pistol and three mobile phones were also in the car, Balwinderjit Singh said.

All police stations in Sriganganagar district dispatched teams to nab the culprits as witnesses said the Skoda and Verna cars had crossed the inter-state border. Some children who were returning from schools reportedly told the police that the cars were noticed going towards the Khatlabana link road.