Robbers strike at Jalandhar dera, kill man, decamp with cash, gold

Midnight Heist: Injured 6 people, including dera head, before fleeing with ₹70,000 cash and jewellery

Around a dozen unidentified robbers with their faces covered killed a 26-year-old man and injured six others after barging into a dera at Adampur’s Jandu Singha village on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, police said.

Police officials outside the dera at Jandu Singha village in Adampur, Jalandhar, on Monday. (Pardeep Pandit/HT)

They also decamped with ₹70,000 cash and some gold ornaments, police added.

The deceased has been identified as Sandeep Singh, who was a dera follower from the same village.

Those injured are dera head Sonia and her other followers Parminder Kaur, Sham Lal, Raman, Joginder Pal and Ravinder Singh, all residents of Jandu Singha.

Adampur station house officer (SHO) Gopal Singh, who is also the investigating officer, said on receiving information, he along with a police team rushed to the spot and took the victims to Jalandhar civil hospital.

He said Sandeep was pronounced dead on arrival.

Deceased Sandeep Singh.

“Initial probe and statements of the victims suggest that a dozen of unidentified people with an intention of robbery entered the dera carrying sharp-edged weapons and attacked the people sleeping there,” the SHO said.

He said Sandeep’s body was handed over to his family after conducting a postmortem examination.