Mohali, April 24 -- Three persons have been arrested for robbing an LPG gas agency's cashier of Rs.3.5 lakh on Randhawa Road in Kharar on April 2, police officials said on Thursday. Those arrested have been identified as Kulwinder Singh, alias Kinda (35), of Gharuan, Harpreet Singh, alias Happy (47), and Manpreet Singh, alias Bhau (37), both of Darpan City in Kharar.

Police said that the accused had targeted Vipin Kumar, cashier of Punsup Gas Service, on Randhawa Road, assaulting him and even opening fire in the air using a countrymade pistol to scare him before taking away Rs.3.5 lakh. They had procured the pistol from Meerut, officials from the Sadar Kharar police station said. According to the police, the accused fled towards a canal ...