Three held for heist at jewellery shop in Goniana Mandi

Bathinda, October 9

Three persons have been nabbed for a robbery at Lakhi Jewellers shop in Goniana Mandi. The incident took place on September 25. Reportedly, gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 2.5 crore was looted at gunpoint.

IGP (Bathinda Range) Jaskaran Singh and SSP Bhupinderjit Singh Virk said the accused had looted 1,840 gm of gold, 5 kg of silver jewellery and Rs 1.20 lakh from the shop in broad daylight.

The accused have been identified as Inderjit Singh of Panjgrani, Gurtej Singh of Kothe Sarava Bajakhana and Jaswinder Singh of Romana Albele Singh Jaito in Faridkot. However, Alamjit Singh, Jagjit Singh and Resham Singh, residents of Faridkot, are still at large. A vehicle with a fake number plate, 7,07,540 mg of gold and 2,481 mg of silver have been seized from the accused. — TNS