Robbery, murder bid: No clue so far

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, June 16

The Jandiala police are clueless in the robbery case, in which a finance firm employee, identified as Chamkaur Singh, was looted by two armed bike-borne persons near Makhanwind village on Tuesday.

Chamkaur was seriously injured when he tried to resist the attempt. The accused attacked him with sharp weapons. He was operated upon at a private hospital here on Wednesday.

Karanbir Singh, field credit officer of Annpurna finance company, headquartered at Bathinda, told the police that on Tuesday, Chamkaur got monthly instalments collected from the clients and they were returning to deposit the same at the Jandiala Guru Branch. He said when they came outside Makhanwind village, two bike-borne persons armed with sharp weapons came from behind and tried to snatch the bag containing Rs1.06 lakh. When he resisted, they attacked him with a datar leaving him seriously injured. They fled with his bag from the spot.

He said he was coming behind on another bike. As he saw the victim seriously injured, he immediately raised an alarm and informed his higher officials. With the help of onlookers, they rushed him to a private hospital in Amritsar.

Sub-Inspector Nishan Singh said Chamkaur was operated upon by the doctors and his condition was stable. He suffered injuries on the forehead, shoulder and several other parts of the body. He said there was no clue in the case so far. He said CCTV cameras on the route where the accused fled is being examined. A case of murder bid and robbery has been registered.