LUDHIANA: Two men on a motorcycle shot at a garment trader and robbed him of Rs 50,000 on RK Road, near Cheema Chowk, on Sunday night. With two bullet injuries,
Mohinder Singh
, 52, drove back home in Mohar Singh Nagar, from where he was taken to a hospital.
Mohinder’s wife said in her police complaint, “My husband runs a readymade garment store at Neem Wala Chowk. Around 10.15pm on Sunday, he was on way home when a bike intercepted his two-wheeler near India Summer restaurant close to Cheema Chowk. As its two riders tried to snatch his cash bag, he fought back. The duo then fired two shots at him.”
Moti Nagar
police station
ASI Rajesh Kumar
said, “After firing at Mohinder, the duo sped off with his cash bag. Mohinder called up his wife and apprised her of the incident. The brave man then drove back home. As soon as he reached his house, his family, along with their neighbours, took him to
Christian Medical College and Hospital
.”
On receiving the information, additional deputy commissioner of police-1 Gurpeet Singh Sikand and assistant commissioner of police (Central)
Waryam Singh
reached the hospital.
Police suspect it to be the handiwork of an insider.
“Every Sunday, Mohinder collects payment from shopkeepers to whom he supplies garments. On Sunday, too, he was returning from Giaspura after collecting Rs 50,000. The role of an insider, who knew that Mohinder would have cash with him, cannot be ruled out. We are questioning the shopkeepers who cleared his dues,” the ASI added.
On whether the assailants were masked, the ASI said, “Mohinder is not in a state to give a statement. He has received bullet injuries on chest and stomach. We are scanning the footage of CCTVs installed near the spot.”
Moti Nagar police have registered a case under Section 392 (punishment for robbery) of the IPC and under the Arms Act.
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