Three masked men looted cash worth Rs 2.5 lakh from a shopkeeper on gunpoint in Sohana

Three masked men looted cash worth Rs 2.5 lakh from a shopkeeper on gunpoint in Sohana

Harshabab Sidhu
Nabaz-e-Punjab, Mohali, September 16:
Three unidentified masked men decamped with a bag containing cash worth Rs 2.5 lakh from a shop in Sohana on gun point last night.
The victim has been identified as Ashish Kumar Agarwal, who runs a shop of hardware items in Sohana village here near Arya School.
The victim said that the incident took place around 8 pm when he was present at his shop. In the meantime, two masked men came to his shop and asked him to purchase few hardware items. Then they kept standing in the shop and told Ashish that their accomplice was coming and he would make the payment. Then the victim asked the duo to make the payment fast as he wanted to close the shop. Meanwhile, one of them pointed a pistol towards him and threatened him to handover all the cash. The miscreants also searched for the cash in the cash box, but could not find anything. They also tried to snatch the gold chain of the victim, but were failed in that. Then they picked up the bag containing cash from there following which the duo fled from the spot in a Hyundai i20 car, where their third partner was waiting. Ashish Kumar said to the police that Rs 2.5 lakh was placed in his bag, which the miscreants had snatched from him.
“I had stored the money for making payment of my known. They conducted the crime in just a few minutes,” said Ashish Kumar.
According to the police, the incident was recorded in a footage of CCTV camera placed near the crime spot. Two miscreants have conducted the crime while third miscreant kept sitting in his car.
“We are investigating the case and working on the leads, we have found so far. The miscreants will be nabbed soon,” said ASI Satnam Singh, the investigation officer.
As per the police, a raid was also conducted to arrest the suspects.
A case has been registered against the suspects under Sections 379-B, 511 and 34 of the IPC and relevant Sections of the Arms Act at the Sohana police station.