Breakthrough: 2 identified in Sultanwind robbery case

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, September 17

In a breakthrough, the Sultanwind police have identified two persons in a robbery case in which a woman was looted by six persons on Bhai Manjh Singh Road a week ago.

One of them was identified as Gurdyal Singh, alias Gochha, of Dolenangal village falling under the Beas police station in the Amritsar rural area. He was a proclaimed offender in an NDPS case registered with the Beas police last year.

Sultanwind police station SHO Perneet Dhillon said that the police had identified two persons in the case while further investigations were on to identify the remaining suspects. He said the police were hoping to nab the suspects soon as raids were on in this connection.

As per investigations, after declaring proclaimed offender by the court he has been living in the city on rent.

Six armed persons robbed a woman of Bhai Manjh Singh Road in the Sultanwind area here on last Thursday. While escaping, the accused indulged in firing that left one person injured. The police had managed to find CCTV grab of the suspects on the basis of which the police identified Gurdyal Singh.

Victim Harbhajan Kaur said they run a small grocery store on the ground floor of the house. They opened the shop at around 7 am. She said six persons came on bikes and four of them gained entry through the shop. She said the accused were armed with sharp weapons and pistol and had covered their faces.

Immediately entering through the shop, they thrashed and tried to strangulate her. As the people started gathering, the accused decamped with around Rs 35,000 and four mobile phones, she alleged.

Her son Rajinder Singh, who also reached the spot after getting the call, was pushed by the accused who fired while running away. The bullet hit his friend Arshdeep Singh who was accompanying him. Rajinder had gone to the Khalsa Nagar area for some work.