Woman arrested in Jalandhar, police recover 2.25-kg gold

Nikhil Bhardwaj

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, September 6

The police today arrested Paramjit Kaur, mother of key accused Varinder Singh, in connection with the Manappuram gold dacoity. On August 29, six armed miscreants had looted 10 kg gold from Manappuram, Jalandhar branch.

Police sources said the woman became a customer of Manappuram for recci purpose. The Jalandhar Commissionerate has recovered 2.25 kg gold from her possession. Her husband, Surjit Singh of Gaggowal village in Gurdaspur, and her other son Sukhwinder Singh alias Babbu, a resident of Sainik Vihar near Dakoha in Jalandhar, were arrested on September 3 and 8.3 kg gold was recovered from them.

The key accused in the case are Varinder and Rahul alias Raja of Ameen village in Kurukshetra.

“Paramjit had also taken a small loan from the Manappuram branch by mortgaging her gold ring in order to do a recci and take stock of the security measures,” Jalandhar Police Commissioner Arpit Shukla said.

Sources said Paramjit was also a witness to the 14-kg gold loot case reported in Ludhiana branch of Manappuram on July 30, 2015. She was there on the premises when the robbers had taken away 14 kg gold in broad daylight.

The police have been suspecting the gang’s involvement in past robberies reported in Ludhiana and Faridabad. They have been examining CCTV footage of both the robberies to identify the gang members involved in the Jalandhar robbery. So far, the police have recovered around 3 kg gold out of the 10 kg looted.