Jobless youth robs mother of Rs 10 lakh along with friends in Bijnor

BIJNOR: A youth along with friends allegedly robbed his mother and her colleague who were on their way to deposit Rs 10.75 lakh at the Cooperative Bank near Akbarabad village in Bijnor district on Wednesday.
Four of them were arrested on Thursday while one is at large.
They told police that the Covid-19 pandemic had rendered them unemployed and they took to crime to meet their daily expenses.
Giving the details, Dharamveer Singh, Bijnor superintendent of police said Chetanraj, son of Rajkumari, an employee of the Kisan Cooperative Society, planned the robbery as he was aware of his mother’s movements.
On Wednesday, when Rajkumari and her colleague, Gopal Datt, set out on a bike, Chetan and his friends, with their faces covered, waylaid them near Akbarabad village and robbed them of the cash at gunpoint before speeding off on two bikes.
The other robbers were identified as Pushpendra Singh of Kotara village, Arjun Singh of Nejowali Ganwadi while Chetanraj and Rohit Kumar hail from Nagina town. Their accomplice, Julfkar of Daultabad, is on the run.