Pea trader robbed of Rs4.27L at gun point

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, January 5

The unabated incidents of robberies and snatchings continue to haunt the residents of the holy city. In the latest, a pea trader was robbed by two motorcycle-borne armed persons here late Monday evening.

The accused snatched a bag containing Rs 4.27 lakh from him. The victim, identified as Gurtejpreet Singh of Liddar village falling under the Beas police station, was going to pay the farmers from whom he had procured the pea crop.

Police authorities said that a case had been registered in this regard while further investigations were under progress to identify the suspects.

The victim stated to the police that he along with Amarpal Singh of Madh village was going to distribute payments to the farmers for the pea crop. He said they were standing in the Dashmesh Nagar locality of the Jandiala Guru when two bike-borne persons with covered faces arrived at the scene and snatched the bag containing the amount at gun point.

DSP Sukhwinderpal Singh said the police were examining the CCTV cameras in the area to identify the robbers. They were yet to get any breakthrough in the case, he said while adding that the investigations were under progress.