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4 armed youths snatch Rs 1 crore from property dealer in Punjab's Dera Bassi

A fruit-seller, who chases the snatchers, takes a bullet in the head



Tribune News Service

Gaurav Kanthwal 

Tribune News Service 

Dera Bassi, June 10

Four armed youths, astride two motorcycles, fired gunshots and snatched a bag with Rs 1 crore from a businessman near Barwala Chowk in Dera Bassi on Friday afternoon. Cops said the victim, Harjit Nagpal, a resident of Sadhunagar, had invited some people through an acquaintance to settle a property deal at his office. The persons visiting the office turned out to be robbers.

Police investigate the crime scene.

After the incident, the miscreants snatched a bike of a localite, Govinda, at gunpoint and fled in different directions. 

A passerby, Mohammed Saabir, 37, a local shopkeeper, received gunshot injuries and was rushed to the GMCH-32 in a serious condition.

Police have so far nabbed three persons from VIP Road in Zirakpur in the incident. 

Police at the crime scene.

 

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