Nabha bank heist: Suspects involved in 14 robberies, killed six since 2006
: The suspects in the ₹50 lakh Nabha bank heist in which a security guard was killed on November 14 have committed at least 14 robberies and killed six persons since 2006, police said on Thursday. Also, they have grievously injured seven persons.
The revelation was made by the accused, Amanjit Singh alias Guri (37) and Jagdev Singh alias Taari (35) of Sangrur during their nine-day interrogation after their arrest in the robbery case. State Bank of India’s (SBI) security guard Prem Chand was killed in the incident.
With this, police claimed to have solved the 2008 triple murder during a robbery at a gas agency at Cheema town of Sunam.
On their input, police arrested three of their accomplices, Gurmail Singh (43) of Raseen village in Ludhiana district, Major Singh (43) and Gurmail Singh alias Gela (55) of Kanjhla and Ghanauri Kalan villages in Sangrur district and recovered a cache of firearms they allegedly snatched in the past.
The weapons include four .12
CONFESS TO PAST CRIMES IN POLICE REMAND; THEIR THREE AIDES HELD WITH FIREARMS; COPS SAY 2008 SUNAM TRIPLE MURDER CASE SOLVED
bore rifles, two .32 revolvers and a .315 bore rifle
Patiala senior superintendent of police (SSP) Mandeep Singh Sidhu said Amanjit, son of a former Punjab Police sub-inspector (SI), is the kingpin of the gang and planned all the robberies since 2006.
“They kept changing their modus operandi every time they committed robbery. Also, they ensured no evidence was left on the crime spot after committing robberies. Amanjit formed the gang and used his father’s service revolver to commit their first robbery of ₹3 lakh at Sangrur’s Kanjhla village. They would carry recce to before looting cash vans in Patiala and Sangrur districts,” Sidhu said.
“Gurmail left the gang after he had an issue with other members over the share of loot after the ₹37 lakh Nabha robbery in 2011. Jagdev joined Amanjit in 2011 and both are active since then,” Shaminder Singh, incharge CIA, who is leading the probe into the case, said.