Two masked men wielding a gun and an axe looted ₹3 lakh from a Western Union branch in broad daylight at Sector 27, Chandigarh, on Monday.
Sanjiv Kumar Kalia, who runs the currency exchange business besides propery consultancy from a booth in the Sector-27 market, told police that he had returned from a bank in the same sector after withdrawing ₹2.8 lakh in the afternoon.
He had kept the money in the drawer along with ₹20,000 already present there and gone to a public toilet in the market. “Just as I returned, the duo walked into my shop (SK Enterprises) at 2:10pm,” he said.
Kalia, who is a resident of Raipur Khurd, said one man was wearing a cap while his accomplice was wearing a helmet. Both had covered their faces with cloth.
“One of the accused put a pistol to my head and asked for keys to the drawer. He also threatened to shoot me if I raised the alarm,” said the victim, adding that the robber spoke in Punjabi. “Initially, I thought some friend might be playing a prank on me, but on seeing the other man holding an axe too, I realised something was wrong.”
Without putting up any resistance, Kalia handed over the keys to the robbers, who stashed the money in a laptop bag and walked out of the shop.
Kalia told police that the duo had come on a motorcycle that was parked behind a car outside his shop. The motorcycle was caught by one of the CCTV cameras installed in the area. The accused can be seen fleeing towards Sector 19, in the footage.
Kalia, who is into the business of currency exchange for over a decade, said: “My regular clients know that I do not keep cash in the shop, and most of them get money transferred into their accounts. The cash was withdrawn to hand over to the clients whose transactions are below ₹50,000.”
“A case has been registered under Section 392 (robbery) of the Indian Penal Code besides the Arms Act at the police station in Sector 26,” said deputy superintendent of police Charanjit Singh, adding that investigations are underway.
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May 31:Four people make unsuccessful bid to loot an ATM at Kishangarh in Chandigarh
June 10: Miscreants flee with ATM containing ₹16 lakh uprooted from a PNB kiosk at Dappar near Lalru
June 17: In a broad daylight robbery, two men loot ₹4.8 lakh at gunpoint from an all-woman branch of PNB in Phase 3A, Mohali
June 18: Masked man flee with ₹7.6 lakh from a Union Bank of India ATM at Kishangarh in Chandigarh
July 20: Two men break into a PNB ATM at Gharuan village in Kharar
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