Rs 8.25L robbery case solved, 3 held in Patiala

Patiala, December 22

With the arrest of three persons, including a woman, the district police claimed to have solved the Rs 8.25 lakh robbery case. Patiala SSP Harcharan Singh Bhullar during a press conference at the Police Lines on Wednesday said the accused stole a bag containing Rs 8.25 lakh by smashing the windshield of a parked car. The car was parked outside Akal Academy, Balbera, on December 8.

The accused have been identified as Gurjeet Singh, Lakhdeep Singh, Amarjeet Kaur and Rashpinder Singh.

The SSP said that complainant Malkiat Singh, a resident of Pehowa town in Kurukshetra district of Haryana, was on his way to return the money to his relative at a village in Patiala district. On his way to the village, Malkiat stopped at Akal Acadmey Balbera to deposit fee of his cousin’s daughter, where the robbery took place. Ironically, the cousin, Amarjeet Kaur, was accompanying Malkiat in his car, and she was the one who conspired with the robbers, said the police.

As soon as they went inside the school, the accused smashed the windshield of the complainant’s car and took away the bag containing money.

The SSP further said that Amarjit Kaur had been in touch with Gurjit Singh, one of the robbers, who was serving in the Army since long. Gurjit Singh, along with his two other accomplices, Lakhdeep Singh and Rashpinder Singh, had committed the crime.

Shamminder Singh, incharge special branch, said that around Rs 6.40 lakh had been recovered from the accused. Besides, an air pistol had also been recovered from accused Gurjit Singh. Apart from this, the Baleno car used in the crime had also been recovered. “The Blaeno car was stolen by accused Gurjeet Singh, along with another accomplice, from Pehowa (Haryana),” said Shamminder. — TNS