Dry fruit worth Rs 2 crore looted from cold storage in Amritsar village
At least 30 armed persons looted dry fruits worth Rs 2 crore from a cold storage facility at Ibban Kalan village after detaining the watchmen at gunpoint here on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday.
The suspects also took away the CCTV cameras and the digital video recorder (DVR) from the facility. The police are clueless about the perpetrators of the crime though role of some insider could not be ruled out.
“Following a preliminary probe, the police have registered a case. Further investigation has been initiated to identify and arrest the suspects,” said Charanjit Singh, SSP, Amritsar (Rural).
Owner Happy Arora said dry fruits of 100 grocery store owners was stocked in his cold storage facility. He said grocery and dry fruit traders of the Majith Mandi area in the walled city had stored their dry fruit in his facility. He said four watchmen were deployed to guard the storage. He said last night, over 30 persons came on two trucks and took the security men hostage. They bundled bags of dry fruits on trucks and fled from the spot in the wee hours.
The SSP said role of some insider in such a big loot could not be ruled out. He said police teams were working on various theories to solve the case. He said footage of the CCTV cameras installed in the area was being scanned to find some clues about perpetrators of the crime.
