Hindustan Times (Bathinda)

A month after robbers loot recovery agent, cops file FIR

- Jatinder Kohli jatinder.kohli@hindustant­imes.com

JALANDHAR: A month after a recovery agent was robbed of ₹1.25 lakh by three-bike borne unidentifi­ed youths, Lambra police on Thursday registered an FIR (first informatio­n report) in the case.

A case under sections 379-B (snatching) and section 34 (acts done by several persons in furtheranc­e of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code has been filed against the miscreants.

Complainan­t Dalip Kumar of old Gobind Nagar has claimed that he had submitted a complaint to the concerned police station on the same day of the incident, but the cops failed to register an FIR.

Speaking to Hindustan Times, Lambra police station SHO Pushap Bali said the victim had written to Mand police post earlier and added that the concerned head had initiated the investigat­ion.

He added that, however, when the matter reached him, the case was registered immediatel­y. Bali added that the case will be cracked soon and culprits will be held.

Mand police post comes under the jurisdicti­on of Lambra police station.

Kumar, who works at Jan Laxmi Financial Services in Basti Bawa Khel, had told police that he had gone to Kapurthala to collect cash installmen­ts from various villages.

He added that on his way back to the company’s office, three unidentifi­ed bike-borne assailants stopped and pushed him at Khehra Majha village near National Highway703-A.

“Two of the accused threatened me and the third snatched my bag that contained ₹1.25 lakh, a laptop, identifica­tion card and other accessorie­s and fled.”

He also alleged that he tried contacting the police control room, but failed.

Later, he said he went to Lambra police station and informed the cops about the robbery and handed over a written complaint to the cops.

THREE YOUTHS HAD SNATCHED A BAG CONTAINING ₹1.25 LAKH FROM COMPLAINAN­T ON JULY 4, BUT NO FIR WAS FILED

 ??  ?? Lambra police station SHO Pushap Bali has said investigat­ion into the case has started and accused will be nabbed soon. HT PHOTO
Lambra police station SHO Pushap Bali has said investigat­ion into the case has started and accused will be nabbed soon. HT PHOTO

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