SUV occupants rob 2 at gunpoint near Gill bridge

Ludhiana: Two accused robbed Rs 1.50 lakh at gunpoint from two men near Gill bridge on Sidhwan Canal on Monday night.
Ankush Kanda, 20, of Amritsar said in his police complaint, “On Monday, I, along with my family, had come here to visit my aunt Shashi Bala in Guru Nanak Colony-A. My aunt’s husband Madan Sachdeva and son Shivam run a forging factory near their residence close to Gill bridge.”
When they were having dinner around 8pm, Madan Sachdeva received a call from a trader to whom he was to pay Rs 1.50 lakh.
“My uncle asked me and Shivam’s brother-in-law Babat Sharma to hand over the payment to the trader near Gill bridge. On reaching there, we were waiting for the trader when an SUV pulled over near us. Its occupants pointed a pistol at us, snatched the cash and sped away. There was a man and a woman in the SUV,” he added.
Marado police post in-charge ASI Subhash Chand said, “Sachdeva deals with a Janta Nagar trader and they exchange payment every evening. Since the Sachdeva family was busy attending guests, they asked Ankush and Babat to give the payment to the trader. Ankush and Babat walked to the main road and were waiting for the trader when the accused reached there.”
“The area is quite isolated and no CCTV cameras are installed there. The victims had noted down the registration number of the SUV. We are trying to trace the accused,” the ASI added.
A snatching case has been registered under Section 379-B (2) of the IPC.