Rs 8.5-lakh robbery case cracked, four arrested

Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, March 17

The Police Division 6 claimed to have solved a major robbery case in which Rs 8.50 lakh was looted from the SIS security company. Four persons have been arrested by the police.

The arrested accused have been identified as Jagtar Singh Jagga of Raja Colony, Lohara, Ravi Kumar Monu of Shimlapuri, Sandeep Singh Sonu of Bulara village and Baaj Singh of Lohara.

Intoxicating powder, pistol seized

The police recovered 60 gm of some intoxicating powder and a .32 bore pistol with two live cartridges from the accused. The robbers during preliminary questioning revealed that on March 1, they had looted Rs8.50 lakh from employees of SIS company, Pardeep Singh and Gurvinder Singh.

Later, JCP (Rural) Sachin Gupta, ADCP Jaskiranjit Singh Teja, ACP Sandeep Kumar, ACP Jashandeep Singh, SHO Inspector Amandeep Singh Brar, SHO Surinder Chopra addressed mediapersons in this regard.

The JCP said a tip-off was received that the accused who committed the major robbery were also involved in loot and drug smuggling cases and they were roaming in the city to commit another loot.

Gupta said accordingly, inspector Amandeep Brar, along with a team of police, laid a naka near the Sherpur chowk from where the accused were nabbed.

The police recovered 60 gm of some intoxicating powder and a .32 bore pistol with two live cartridges from the accused. The robbers during preliminary questioning revealed that on March 1, they had looted Rs 8.50 lakh from employees of SIS company, Pardeep Singh and Gurvinder Singh.

Of the looted money, the police only recovered Rs 95,000 in cash which was kept with the father of Jagtar. The rest of the money was with the other accused.

Accused Maninder Singh, alias Badshah, of Shimlapuri, Ravdeep Singh Sahil of Shimlapuri and Anil Kumar Dhana of Shimlapuri were yet to be arrested.

Police Division 6 SHO Amandeep Singh Brar said the police remand of the accused would be sought from court to inquire about whereabouts of the remaining accused wanted in the case and in further probe, the entire supply of drugs could also be busted.

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