Two masked males robbed a 52-year-old banker of ₹1.2 lakh and his cellphones at gunpoint after providing him a free automotive journey in Zirakpur on Friday.
Threatening to kill him, the robbers first looted ₹1 lakh via UPI switch, earlier than forcing the sufferer to withdraw ₹20,000 from an ATM, stated police.
The sufferer, Vikas Chopra, an worker of SBI, informed the police that he was returning to Sangrur, his place of posting, after attending to an ailing member of the family on the town.
He was ready to board a bus close to Peerwala Chowk bus cease on Zirakpur Highway round 8 am. In the meantime, two males in a white Skoda automotive stopped close to him and supplied him a journey until Patiala.
“Because it was raining, I accepted the journey. The 2 males have been sporting face masks, which I thought was as a result of Covid-19. When the automotive reached close to Chatt village, the accused, as a substitute of driving via the toll plaza, turned in the direction of the village to keep away from the tax,” stated Vikas.
Because the automotive reached a abandoned highway, the duo stopped the automotive and dragged him out at gunpoint, demanding his cash. After not discovering sufficient money in his pockets, the robbers made him switch ₹1 lakh via UPI after which took him to an ATM in Dashmesh Nagar, the place they withdrew ₹20,000. Earlier than fleeing, the duo additionally snatched his cellphones, the sufferer alleged.
He walked to a store and contacted his household, following which his son-in-law Hitesh Jain took him to the Zirakpur police station. He stated to evade identification, the accused had smeared soil on their automotive’s license plate.
Zirakpur SHO Simarjeet Singh stated that they had launched a manhunt to nab the accused.
Two fall prey to snatchers in Mohali, Chandigarh
Snatchers focused two residents of Mohali and Chandigarh on Thursday. In Mohali, two youths in a automotive snatched ₹11,000 in money at knifepoint from a scrap vendor in Derri village.
A snatching case was registered on the Sohana police station on the criticism of the sufferer, Sohan Yadav, of Derri village. Police stated the automotive’s quantity had been famous and the snatchers can be nabbed quickly.
In Chandigarh, a scooter-borne synthetic off with the mangalsutra of a lady in Sector 41. The sufferer, Sonia, 25, of Sector 42, was visiting Krishna Market in Sector 41 together with her household. She stated whereas she was strolling in the direction of the market, a person using a Honda Activa snatched her mangalsutra and sped away. A case was registered on the Sector-39 station.