Published 19:07 IST, March 18th 2020

Ludhiana robbery: 10 kg of gold recovered from one of accused

The Punjab Police here on Wednesday claimed to have recovered from an accused a portion of the 30-kg gold robbed at gunpoint from a branch of a financial services company in Punjab's Ludhiana last month.

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Punjab Police here on Wednesday claimed to have recovered from an accused a portion of 30-kg gold robbed at gunpoint from a branch of a financial services company in Punjab's Ludhiana last month. Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, IG, Organised Crime Control Unit of Punjab Police, said 10 kg of gold was recovered from a hideout of gangster Amritpal Singh in Mohali. Amritpal was nabbed by an OCCU team on Tuesday, he said, ding that a pistol and two rifles were recovered from him. Amritpal is bror of torious gangster Jaipal Bhullar and was one of six people who were involved case.

accused h targeted a branch of India Infoline Finance Limited (IIFL) on Gill Ro in Ludhiana last month, robbing gold worth Rs 13 crore at gunpoint. Police have so far arrested four people in case. remaining gold and or two accused, Jaipal and Gursewak Singh, will be arrested very soon, said IG.

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police on March 12 h nabbed gangster Gagan Judge from Chandigarh for his involvement in robbery. police h recovered around Rs 31 lakh, a pistol, two magazines and 50 live cartridges from Judge. Following questioning, two more accused, Pardeep Singh of Gardiwala vill in Hoshiarpur; and Harpreet Singh, a resident of Peer Mohamm vill in Ferozepur, have also been arrested. 

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19:07 IST, March 18th 2020