Amritsar: Gunmen on a motorcycle allegedly fired at a cloth merchant and attempted to snatch his cash bag near Gurdwara Baba Deep Singh Shaheed in Amritsar on Wednesday night, police said on Thursday after arresting four suspects.Police commissioner Harmanbir Singh Gill said Prince Kumar, Gurprince Deep, Rahul Singh and Damanpreet Singh were apprehended withing five hours of the incident which occurred around 10.45 pm. Police recovered the motorcycle used in the crime and a .32-bore pistol. The gang had allegedly carried out armed robberies and snatchings at petrol pumps and medical stores in Division A and Chatiwind areas, Gill said.Wednesday night’s attack left Vishal Bhatia, who runs a shop dealing mainly in women’s suits in the Shivala area, with a bullet injury to his leg.In a separate case, police arrested Yadvinder Singh for allegedly facilitating an extortion racket operated by a man, identified as Yuvraj, from the UK.Gill said Yadvinder, who worked for businessman Puneet Aggarwal, allegedly supplied mobile numbers of local traders to Yuvraj, who dropped names of gangsters, including Doni Bal, to demand ransom. Aggarwal had received an extortion call demanding Rs 50,000, police said.
