Miscreants loot 6,000 dlrs from three people after injuring them

Phagwara, Jan 9 (UNI) Around a dozen miscreants with their faces masked attacked and injured three people, including a non-resident Indian, with sharp-edged weapons and robbed them of 6,000 US dollars and other valuables near the Phagwara-Mehli bypass last night, police today said.

The injured were first admitted to the local Civil Hospital in a critical condition, and later referred to DMC hospital, Ludhiana.

They were returning to their village in Garhshanker from Raja Sansi Airport, Amritsar.

According to reports received this morning, the miscreants, travelling in two cars, overtook their car near the Phagwara Bypass and forced them to halt.

They then attacked them with sharp-edged weapons, inflicting serious injuries on Satnam Singh, an NRI, who was returning from Australia to Bisyala village in Garhshanker alongwith his brother Surjit Singh and cousin Satwinder Singh in a car.

The miscreants then fled, after looting them of 6000 US dollars, two cameras, two mobile phones and some other valuables.

Phagwara ASP Dr Sukhchain Singh Gill, said the miscreants had attacked the trio due to an old enmity and it was not robbery.

A case has been registered at the Sadar police station against the accused and police teams dispatched to various locations to nab the culprits, the police added. No arrests have been made so far.

UNI