Three held in Ludhiana for robbery bid at Muthoot Finance

LUDHIANA: Some unidentified armed robbers were nabbed by the cops on Friday for attempting theft and firing at the cops in the office of Muthoot Finance at Dungri Road in Ludhiana.
The incident occurred at around 8.50am on Friday when the safai karmachari was cleaning the office and only a couple of employees were present in the office.
Inspector Rajan Pal, SHO police station Model Town said, “Some robbers had barged into the office of Muthoot finance and attempted robbery bid. Meanwhile, police received an information about it and reached there. Therefore, the accused, who had two guns with them, opened fire at the police team. After cross firing, the police have apprehended three robbers and recovered two armed weapons from their possession.”
Inspector added that during firing by the robbers, a safai karmachari and another employee of the finance company have sustained bullet injuries. They have been admitted to the hospital and are stated to be stable and out of danger.