Robbery case cracked, 2 held

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, March 2

With the arrest of two youths, the police on Tuesday claimed to have cracked the dacoity case within 24 hours. The accused had robbed gold from a goldsmith, identified as Mukesh Kumar, a resident of the Kot Harnam Das area, on Monday late evening. He told the police that he along with his workers was working in a room of his house when three persons with covered faces entered the room and snatched gold weighing around 30-gm from them at gunpoint.

ADCP Harpal Singh said that the police had arrested Deep Singh, alias Deepa, of Kot Harnam Singh along with Arwinder Singh, alias Rohit, of Kot Atma Ram locality and recovered 2.60-gm of gold from their possession. The police also confiscated the bike used in the crime.