Overview
- Two masked men looted about ₹6.27 lakh from a Punjab National Bank branch in Jalandhar on Monday afternoon, holding a woman cashier at gunpoint.
- Investigators arrested Simranjit Singh within hours on Monday evening and recovered roughly ₹3 lakh, a licensed revolver, and three live cartridges.
- Police identified him as the son of a retired deputy superintendent of police and said he is a drug addict with prior cases in Batala and Mohali who now faces robbery and Arms Act charges.
- Officers have identified his accomplice and are running a manhunt using CCTV and other technical leads, though they have withheld the name until an arrest.
- Police issued a notice to the branch for having no security guard on duty, a lapse investigators say the robbers studied in advance during reconnaissance.