Goldsmith among two nabbed for gold robbery

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, June 29

With the arrest of two persons, including a goldsmith, the police on Monday claimed to have cracked the gold robbery case in which a goldsmith was looted by four armed persons from the Guru Bazaar area on June 21.

They have been identified as Inderjit Singh of Tarn Taran Road and Gurmeet Singh (goldsmith) of New Gurnam Nagar area. Two of their accomplices, identified as Sahil and Tinku, were still at large and raids were on to nab them, said ADCP Sartaj Singh Chahal.

The police have confiscated an air pistol, a sharp-edged weapon and a motorcycle used in the crime, besides the gold ornaments looted from the jewellery shop.

The victim, Aman Yadav, along with his two workers, was working in the shop located on the third floor of a shop at Guru Bazaar in the walled city area. The four suspects, who had covered their faces, came on a scooter and a bike. They were armed with a sharp-edged weapon and a pistol. They entered the shop on the pretext of repairing a gold ring.

However, Aman refused to attend them saying that due to the lockdown they were not allowed to work. One of the accused slapped a worker and then pointed a pistol at him and demanded to give gold ornaments to them. The accused decamped with gold worth Rs 2.50 lakh from the spot.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (Central) Parvesh Chopra said following a preliminary probe they got to know that some goldsmith would be involved in the robbery. It was a total blind case. They somehow zeroed in on Gurmeet Singh and Inderjit Singh. During interrogation, they confessed to have committed the robbery with the help of Sahil and Tinku. He said the antecedents of the two were being investigated.