Elderly cancer patient robbed at PGI bus stop

A senior citizen battling cancer was robbed near the PGIMER as he was preparing to board a bus to Baltana.

The victim, 76-year-old Paramjit Singh Chauhan, a retired defence personnel and resident of Baltana, was allegedly surrounded by a group of persons while he was trying to catch a bus from outside the PGI gate near Nehru Hospital on July 19.

In his complaint to the police, Chauhan stated that a man intentionally blocked his way as three women distracted him by placing bags over his shoulders. In the confusion, the group allegedly managed to remove his gold “kara” using a sharp tool.

A case has been registered. The police are scanning CCTV footage from nearby areas to identify the robbers.

On July 14, two women had tried to snatch gold bangles from a 69-year-old woman at the same bus stop. A day later, one of the women, a 40-year-old resident of Malout in Muktsar Sahib district of Punjab, was arrested for the crime.