Four arrested for restaurant robbery in Jandiala Guru

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 23

With the arrest of four persons, the Amritsar (Rural) police have cracked a robbery case in which armed persons had looted a restaurant located on the Saran road in Jandiala Guru area here on Monday.

The police have seized two toy pistols, besides the looted amount from the possession of the suspects. Those arrested were identified as Ajaypal Singh, Paramjit Singh and Sharanjit Singh, alias Sunny, all residents of Khuh Guru Arjan Dev in Jandiala Guru, and Manpreet Singh, alias Rana, a resident of Gehri Mandi. Their fifth accomplice identified as Gurshaan Singh, a resident of Dharad village, was still at large.

Notably, Ajaypal and Paramjit, both worked as salesmen at the restaurant. They had planned robbery along with their three other accomplices. Before committing robbery at the restaurant, they had conducted a recce of the area.

Charanjit Singh, SSP, Amritsar, (Rural), said the police had cracked the case within 48 hours of the incident by identifying the suspects. Four of them were arrested yesterday while raids were on to nab Gurshaan Singh, the SSP said. The suspects used two toy pistols in the crime which were recovered from them, the SSP added.

The police scanned footage of the CCTV cameras installed at the restaurant and in its vicinity, besides taking help of the technical cell for cracking the case, the SSP said.

Sukhpal Singh, a resident of Majitha, told the police that he runs a restaurant in the name of — Hello — located on the Saran road in Jandiala Guru. He said around 10 pm on Monday night, his manager Ranjit Singh, a resident of Bhullar village, called him and told that three armed miscreants entered the restaurant and looted

Rs 32,000 in cash and two mobile phones at gunpoint.