Ludhiana: A major incident of robbery has come to light where a group of miscreants looted around Rs 7 crore from a security firm's office and fled with a cash van after keeping the security guard and other employees hostage in Ludhiana's Rajguru Nagar area late last night.
The incident took place at 1:30 am. Around 10 armed robbers entered the office of the security agency CMS that provides service to different banks and operates from its main office in Rajguru Nagar. Two robbers entered from the main entrance and the remaining took the back door. The robbers locked the employees and the security guard inside a room and took away the cash that was kept in the office. They then fled from the spot in a cash van, police said.
Police said they were informed at around 7 am and reached the spot immediately. An investigation was started in this connection. Police traced the cash van with the help of CCTV footage. Finally, they found the empty van from a forested area near Mullanpur village, which is 20 km from Ludhiana this morning. Also, two weapons were recovered from the empty van but the cash was missing. Police said search is on for the miscreants.
Ludhiana police commissioner said the miscreants would be behind the bars soon as police was very close to solving the case. He said that police have received many hints and the incident was being probed from all angles.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that there was a woman in the group of miscreants. The miscreants took the employees at gun point and locked them in a room, police said. "Our primary task is to arrest the accused. After that the entire matter will be investigated so as to find out whose negligence led to the incident. We are yet to ascertain as to whether there was cash inside the van or not. We are investigating every aspect of the case," police added.
