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Ludhiana: Three liquor vends robbed of ₹1.8 lakh
A gang of miscreants targeted three liquor vends on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday at Noorwala road and Rahon road.
A gang of miscreants targeted three liquor vends on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday at Noorwala road and Rahon road. The accused robbed ₹1.82 lakh in cash from all three liquor vends before escaping.
The accused have been captured in the CCTVs installed near the vends.
Shiv, an employee at one of the liquor vends, stated that three robbers turned up there on bike. The accused, laced with sharp-edged weapons, held him captive. The accused robbed ₹42,500 in cash from the cash box and fled. He came to know that the accused have targeted two other vends also.
They robbed ₹1.40 lakh in cash from the two vends before fleeing.
According to the liquor vend owners, over half a dozen incidents have occurred within the past 10 days, where miscreants have targeted liquor vends and robbed employees of significant amounts of cash.
Deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Jaskiranjit Singh Teja said that the police lodged FIRs in the matter.
