Four arrested for Rs 10 Lakh robbery, 3 still at large

LUDHIANA: Ludhiana police on Thursday arrested four men who had carried out Rs 10.8 lakh robbery from employees of a private cash management company on October 9. The mastermind of the robbery was a former employee of a multi-national online retail company who had left his job just two months back.


Those arrested were identified as Karamjeet Singh Joga, Bhuvnesh, Pawanjeet Singh and Harpreet Singh. While three others — Rohit Kuba, Rana and Ranjwinder Singh Raju — are still absconding. According to police, Karamjeet Joga, the mastermind, along with Harpreet Singh and Rajwinder Raju had tried to rob the employees of a cash management service, but had failed.

Thereafter, they approached Rohit and Rana with the help of Pawanjeet Singh.

Police commissioner Sukhchain Singh Gill said ever since he left the job, Joga had been planning to commit robberies with the help of Bhuvnesh. He asked Bhuvnesh to provide a tip-off about the cash and timing.

The accused in a week made three attempts, but they failed every time due to wrong timing or lack of courage.

“That day, Rohit, Rana, Pawanjeet, Harpreet and Rajwinder executed the robbery while Bhuvnesh gave them tip-off and Joga remained out of picture. The accused had no plan to open fire at employees — Karanveer Singh and Manpreet Singh — of cash management service. However, when Manpreet resisted and grabbed the leg of one of the accused, he first attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon. As Manpreet did not leave his leg even after that, the accused opened fire at the duo,” the police commissioner said.

Additional deputy commissioner of police (II) Surendra Lamba said, “The police are getting details from the company on whether they had got the police verification of all employees done or not. Joga has a criminal record as three snatching cases have been registered against him. Except Bhuvnesh, other accused had been wanted in snatching cases.”

Lamba said, “The accused had entered city via Threeke, Birmi and Badowal village route to commit the crime and flee afterwards.”