Armed men loot Rs 7L from Gill Road office

Times News Network
Ludhiana: Four masked miscreants looted Rs 7 lakh from an industrialist’s office on busy Gill Road around 2pm on Friday.
They struck minutes after a man reached there to make a payment of Rs 5.28 lakh.
Police said at the time, there were three men in the office — Tejwant Singh and Bahadur Singh, both employees, and Nirmal Singh, who had come to give the cash.
As the office was locked from inside, one of the robbers posed as a courier and knocked on the door. He was carrying a parcel and his face was covered with a handkerchief. As soon as he entered the office, his three accomplices barged in. They were wearing helmets. While one of them was armed with a pistol, another had a sharp-edged weapon.
Deputy commissioner of police (detective) Simratpal Singh Dhindsa said, “The four accused came on two bikes. They brandished a pistol and asked for money. When Tejwant refused to give any, they tied the trio with ropes. They were escaping with Rs 1.72 lakh kept in the drawer when one of them saw a polyethene bag kept on the table. It had the cash Nirmal brought. The accused took that along, too. CCTVs installed in the office and the area have captured the accused.”
After the robbers left, the trio managed to free themselves and raised the alarm.
“Tejwant said they kept the office locked from inside as on November 8, 2019, four suspicious-looking men had tried to gain entry,” the ADCP added.
The office is owned by Happy Gupta. He runs a factory in Focal Point and collects payments at the Gill Road office.