Rs 15L snatched from hospital owner, house burgled in broad daylight in Jalandhar

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, September 20

There seems to be no end to snatching and theft incidents in the city. Two snatchings were reportedly committed in broad daylight today.

In one incident, two motorcycle-borne miscreants snatched a bag containing Rs 15 lakh from Vijay Sikka, the owner of Sikka Hospital, from outside a private bank. As soon as the incident was reported, Rajesh Kumar, in-charge of police station 4 and Ramandeep Singh, in-charge of CIA Staff-1, reached the spot and started investigations.

Vijay Sikka, wife of CP Sikka, said she went to Punjab and Sindh Bank branch located opposite the hospital to deposit the amount. When she reached near the bank, she got out of the car and started locking it with the purse containing the money in her hands. Meanwhile, two youths riding a motorcycle snatched her purse and fled. The cops, who reached the spot, had started retrieving the CCTV footage from the cameras installed around the spot.

In another incident, some miscreants broke into House No. 462 at GTB Nagar and stole gold, silver coins, jewellery, cash, and electronics worth lakhs. The CCTV cameras in the locality are being checked, police officials said.