₹1.5 lakh looted from man at gunpoint

THE VICTIM WAS RETURNING AFTER BORROWING THE MONEY

BATALA: Two unidentified persons reportedly robbed ₹1.5 lakh from a person at pistol point here at Dera Baba Nanak on Thursday night.

In his complaint to the police, victim Kashmir Singh, a resident of Chogan Mohalla, said around 9 pm, as he reached Dera Baba Nanak from Jalandhar after borrowing the money from one of his relative, he was chased by two motorcyclists from bus stand.

“When I reached near Tara Chand Gali, one of the motorcyclists pointed a pistol at me and forced me to stop. They robbed ₹1.5 lakh, my mobile phone and fled away,” he said. Getting information, a police team led by Dera Baba Nanak police station SHO Ravinder Singh rushed to the spot and started investigations.

A case under Section 379 B (snatching and use of force) against unidentified persons has been registered.