Another robbery bid in broad daylight

Two persons Narinder and Rajinder,both working in in a computer shop Microcom in Sector 20,were going to deposit cash of Rs 8 lakh at the South Indian Bank branch in Sector 22. According to Rajinder,when they approached the Sector 33 petrol pump,three youngsters forcibly stopped them on the road by blocking their way with a rod. Before they could understand anything,the youths tried to snatch away the bag from them. When the two resisted,one of the assailants attacked Narinder with a sharp-edged weapon,which hit him in the neck and he started bleeding profusely. Narinder still did not leave the bag carrying cash. Since it is a busy road,passers-by too witnessed the scene and gathered at the spot. At this,the youngsters sped away in an open jeep which was parked near the Sector 33 petrol pump. According to eyewitness Rajinder,there were five youngsters who sped away in the open jeep. He could not note down its registration number.

The Police Control Room was informed about the incident and the open jeep,but the police could not nab the assailants or trace the jeep. Narinder,who is a resident of Mohali,was admitted to the Government Medical College and Hospital,Sector 32,from where he was discharged late in the evening. He received 18 stitches on the neck.

According to the Sector 20 traders,the Chandigarh Police kept on dismissing it as an accident till late evening. The Sector 20 traders then shut down the entire market and protested against the officials of UT Police. Incidentally,this case too falls in the jurisdiction of same police station-34,which is in the dock for mishandling the Khushpreet case.

“When the assailants were trying to snatch away the bag from Narinder on the road,a Maruti Zen which was approaching the scene of the crime on the main road hit Narinder. Now the police are dismissing the entire case as that of an accident. How could a car which had rammed a man in the legs leave a 1-inch deep wound in his neck? The cops police are trying to force us to believe that it was an accident case,despite the fact that Rajinder is an eyewitness to the entire happening. We are shocked to see the Chandigarh Police’s behaviour”,said Amit Nanda,President of the Sector 20 Computer Traders’ Association.

Trader assaulted with swords
Mohali: Siblings running a timber business in Industrial Area,Phase III,here were assaulted with swords by a group of at least eight persons,leaving one of them seriously injured here late on Thursday night. While Gurmeet Singh,34,was struggling for life at Chandigarh PGIMER,his elder brother Inder Singh,who sustained minor injuries,was discharged after first-aid,Investigating Officer (IO) Mohinder Singh disclosed. Gurmeet told the police that it was at around 10.45 pm that on hearing a noise,he went out of his room and saw the assailants gatecrashing into his house. “When I asked them the reason,they started attacking me with swords and deadly weapons. On hearing my cries my elder brother also rushed outside and was trapped by the assailants,” Gurmeet recalled. (ENA)