Mohali resident robbed of car, Rs90K at gunpoint
Tribune News Service
Zirakpur, June 26
Three unidentified robbers snatched a car and Rs90,000 from a Mohali resident at gunpoint on the Aerocity road last night.
ASI Jaswinder Singh said: “Vijay Sharma a resident of Sector 66, Revenue Park Colony, owns a shop in Mohali. He was opening a new store at the City Centre on the Aerocity road. He came to Zirakpur last night for some work. While he was returning to Mohali from Zirakpur, he parked his car on the roadside to relieve himself. When he returned, two men pulled out their pistols and threatened him to sit inside the car”.
“The robbers turned off his cellphone as he sat in the car. He was asked to drive the car towards the Airport side. The duo threatened him to handover the cash at gunpoint and took Rs80,000 from him and Rs10,000 kept in his bag. They later took him towards the Morinda side and dumped him on the road before fleeing with his car,” the ASI said.
The suspects could not be identified as they were wearing a face mask, claimed the victim.
On a statement of the complainant, the police have registered a case against three unidentified robbers under Sections 379-B, 506 and 34 of the Arms Act at the Zirakpur police station and initiated investigations into the matter.
Zirakpur SHO Onkar Singh Brar said the police were scanning the footage of CCTV cameras along the way to get any clue to solve the case.
