2 sent to police remand for Rs 4.41L PNB robbery

Amritsar, August 21

Though the police have arrested two suspects involved in a robbery at the Punjab National Bank (PNB), their third accomplice is still at large. The arrested suspects were produced in a court which sent them to two-day police remand. Three armed persons had looted a branch of the PNB at Basarke Gillan village here on gunpoint on Saturday. The looters had decamped with Rs 4.41 lakh from the woman head cashier of the bank.

On Saturday around 4.30 pm, two unidentified persons with covered faces entered the bank premises. One of them was carrying a pistol while the other held a sharp weapon. Immediately after entering the bank, they threatened employees. The man with a sharp weapon entered head cashier Rompi’s cabin and asked her to handover whatever cash was lying there. As she got frightened, the suspect opened the cash box and took out Rs 4.41 lakh lying in it. He put the money in a bag. Both the suspects fled from the bank with their accomplice who was waiting for them outside on a bike.

“The police scanned footage of the CCTV cameras installed in the area to find clues about robbers. Following a tip-off, the police arrested two suspects identified as Satnam Singh and Simranjit Singh, both residents of Ramuwal village and recovered Rs 2.77 lakh, besides a toy pistol with four potash cartridges from them yesterday. The bike used in the crime has also been impounded,” the SSP (Rural) said.

He said raids were on to nab their third accomplice who was on the run.