Valuables worth Rs 6 lakh looted in Phagwara

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Press Trust of India Phagwara
Last Updated : May 07 2016 | 8:48 PM IST
Five unidentified robbers today looted valuables worth about Rs 6 lakh from the home of a transporter after injuring his wife at Palahigate locality, police said.
Gurminder Singh, son of transporter Kuldip Singh Basra said his mother Paramjit Kaur was alone in the home as his father was off to Himachal Pradesh on his work and he himself was also away.
The robbers with their masks on entered the home after scaling the boundary wall, attacked his mother who fell unconscious and then ransacked the house and decamped with jewellery and cash worth about Rs 6 lakh, he claimed.
Gurminder said his maidservant noticed the loot when she she came to house around 2 pm and raised an alarm.
Police said a case has been registered in this regard and investigations are underway.
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First Published: May 07 2016 | 8:48 PM IST

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