DW BUREAU / CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR

Amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Amritsar Commissionerate Police has successfully traced a sensational Amritsar Robbery Case with the arrest of seven accused persons including daughter of victim's driver and her fianc?? who hatched the entire conspiracy to execute the robbery, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.

Those arrested have been identified as Shivani (28) of Amar Avenue in Khandwala Chheharta and her fianc? Gurtek Singh (23) of Ajnala, and their accomplices including Gurpreet Singh (34) of Majitha road Amritsar, Sandeep Singh (29) of Jandiala, Deepak Kumar (30) of village Mahal, Hardev Singh (53) of Ajnala and Harpal Singh (52) of Rajasansi in Amritsar. Accused Shivani is a daughter of Narinder Mohan Mehta, who is working as a Driver with victim Jiya Lal Behal, and was acquainted with the affluence of the latter. As per the information, four armed men with their faces covered decamped with Rs 90 lakh and 3kg jewellery after barging into the house of victim Jiya Lal on Wednesday early morning.

DGP Gaurav Yadav said that three accused persons? Gurpreet, Sandeep and Deepak were arrested from district Dhule in Maharashtra in an inter-state operation with the assistance of Maharashtra Police and Central Agencies, while, remaining four persons were arrested from Amritsar. Police teams have also recovered Rs 41.40 lakhs cash and 800 grams gold from their possession, he added.

The DGP said that Police teams have adopted a professional and scientific approach to solve this sensational robbery case. Further investigations are on in this

case, he said.
(editor@dailyworld.in)