3 pvt firm workers robbed of Rs 16.94 lakh at gunpoint near Neelon canal

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 3

Three armed men looted Rs 16.94 lakh from three employees of Sairam Agritech Private Limited, Bathinda.

Complainant Neeraj Kumar of Sehajwal village, Ropar, told the Samrala police that today at around 5 am he left home with an amount of Rs 6.54 lakh, he had collected on behalf of the company. He parked his car at his colleague, Talwinder Singh’s, house in Ropar and they left toward Bathinda in Talwinder’s Swift car. He said Talwinder was also carrying Rs 4.10 lakh. Neeraj said on the way company manager Baljit Singh also sat in their car and he was also carrying Rs 6.30 lakh.

He said at around 7.15 am, when they reached near Neelon canal, one i10 car rammed into our car. Three armed turbaned men came out of the car and snatched our three bags containing Rs 16.94 lakh at gunpoint. The robbers also took away our mobile phones, he said.

The complainant said he could not notice the exact car number but he had rough idea of the car number.

DSP Samrala Harvinder Singh said the police were scrutinising CCTV cameras installed in the area to get clue about the robbers.