The Tribune, February 20, 2005

Shop owner robbed at gunpoint
Tribune News Service

Ambala, February 19
A series of robberies took place in shops located adjacent to the Municipal Council, Ambala Sadar, last night. While, one shop owner was robbed at gunpoint last night, two shops were burgled and cash was stolen. The burglaries came to light this morning. The burglaries have caused concern among the shop owners and they demanded that the police must carry out intensive patrolling at night.

The owner of a mobile phone shop, located in the Municipal Council market, was robbed at gunpoint when he was closing his shop and preparing to go home. The incident took place at about 9 pm when Sachin and his relative were about to leave and they had put the mobile phones in a bag. Suddenly, two youths accosted them and they snatched the bag containing 22 mobile phones. When Sachin resisted, one of the youth pointed a gun at him. The youths also took away two gold chains. Thereafter, the two youths ran towards their accomplice who was waiting on a motor cycle. The three of them sped away.

While this incident took place last night, thieves broke into two shops located in the same Municipal Council market. The thefts came to light this morning. The thieves broke into Madhu Medical Shop as well as Navyug Enterprises. The thieves broke open the shutter of the shops. They decamped with petty cash kept in the shops. Incidentally, the armed robbery incident at the mobile phone shop comes close on the heels of the armed robbery at Allahabad Bank branch located in Shahpur village. The robbers had decamped with Rs 5.30 lakh.