Helper among six arrested in Rs 72-lakh Jalandhar robbery case
The robbery took place on the evening of August 17
The Jalandhar City police have arrested six persons and recovered the entire Rs 72 lakh allegedly looted from an iron merchant in Surya Enclave. Commissioner of Police (CP) Satinder Singh and his team handed over the recovered cash to the victim, Lalit Mittal, on Saturday evening.
The robbery took place on the evening of August 17. During the investigation, police identified Sunny Khosla, a helper of Mittal, as the alleged main accused. Police said Khosla was aware that Mittal usually returned home from work carrying a substantial amount of cash. His brother-in-law allegedly colluded with him and arranged other persons to carry out the robbery.
According to police, Mittal was returning home after work when the accused allegedly chased and intercepted his white car, bearing registration number PB08-CZ-3589, in Surya Enclave. The accused allegedly rammed their vehicle into his car from behind, smashed the front windshield with a rod and fled with a bag containing approximately Rs 72 lakh in cash.
Police also recovered two unnumbered cars, a Honda Amaze and a Toyota Etios, along with two mobile phones, a baseball bat and a stick allegedly used during the crime.
Sub-Inspector Prem Pal of the Rama Mandi police station and his team reached the spot shortly after the incident. They inspected the scene, registered a case and launched an investigation. A special team was subsequently constituted by senior officers, which traced and arrested six accused — Sunny Khosla, alias Mona, Rajvir Gill, Ranjit Singh, brothers Sahil and Vikas, and Hardeep Singh, alias Deepu.
The accused are residents of different areas of Gurdaspur, Batala, Kapurthala and Jalandhar.
CP Satinder Singh said the accused were produced before a local court, which granted five days of police remand. FIR No. 205 was registered at the Rama Mandi police station under Section 309(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), he said.
DCP (City) Aditya Warrier, DCP (Investigation) Manpreet Singh Dhillon, ADCP-1 Mukhtiar Rai, ACP (Central Jalandhar) Rajesh Thakur and CIA Staff in-charge Inspector Surinder Kumar were part of the investigation team. The CP said all the accused except Sunny Khosla and Ranjit Singh had previous criminal cases registered against them at various police stations in Batala, Pathankot, Kapurthala and Jalandhar.
Mittal, the victim, also owns a school in Jalandhar near the Amritsar-Jalandhar bypass.
