4 armed men loot Rs 40 lakh from petrol pump in Punjab's Sirhind

Our Correspondent

Surinder Bhardwaj

Fatehgarh Sahib, May 29

Four armed men looted Rs 40 lakh from the salesman of a petrol pump at Bhatmajra village near Sirhind.

Harmeet Singh, employee of the pump, said he, along with a gunman, was going in a car to deposit Rs 40.8 lakh at the SBI Sirhind City branch. He said as they approached Madhopur Chowk underbridge, four armed men arrived in an i-20 car. They fired four rounds, snatched the gunman's gun and decamped with the cash. They fled towards the Rajpura side.

The SSP along with other police officials rushed to the spot.

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