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Another robber arrested in 1.18- crore robbery case in Jalandhar
Published : Nov 12, 2017, 1:17 pm IST
Updated : Nov 12, 2017, 1:17 pm IST
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Jalandhar: The rural police today arrested another accused in the Rs 1.18-crore robbery from a cash van of HDFC Bank last evening.

He was identified as Jaskaran Singh of Gurdaspur. The accused arrested yesterday has been identified as Ranjit Singh of Kapurthala. A Tata Indigo car, a country-made pistol and two shells were seized from his possession. The police said five members of the gang were absconding.

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Jaskaran Singh, DIG, Jalandhar range, said during interrogation, Ranjit had revealed the names of the co-accused — Sutinderpal Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Sukhdev Singh and Hardip Singh. He said Sutinderpal used to work with a cash handling firm.

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The police said no case was registered earlier against any of the seven accused. They said the van was initially carrying Rs 2.16 crore. After loading cash in six ATMs, it was left with Rs 1.18 crore, which had been looted by the robbers.

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