Four masked males stole 3.5 lakh and 6 cellphones from the warehouse of an internet procuring firm in Jalandhar’s industrial space on Thursday night time, police stated.

The incident occurred round 10.30pm when workers of the corporate have been about to close down the godown.

Eyewitnesses stated three males barged into the warehouse and took the supervisor hostage at gunpoint earlier than demanding entry to the money chest.

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“They overpowered the supervisor and snatched the 3.5 lakh in addition to taking away six cellphones of workers in order that they may not contact the police. One of the accused waited outdoors the warehouse,” an worker informed the police.

The accused broke CCTV safety cameras and took away the digital video recorder (DVR) after committing the crime.

The eyewitnesses stated that they took the Jalandhar-Amritsar nationwide freeway to flee.

Assistant commissioner of police Damanveer Singh stated: “Three groups have been constituted for finishing up an intensive investigation. We are gathering CCTV footages from different industrial models to trace the motion of the accused.

The police stated that going by the best way the theft was carried out, it appeared the accused had info supplied by insiders working within the warehouse.