Three held for robbery, Rs 53 lakh recovered

Police arrested three people from the outskirts of Amritsar with Rs 53 lakh in cash, which they had allegedly looted from a dera last month. According to police, the accused, identified as Sukhwinder Singh, Balwinder Singh and Tarsem Singh, had looted Rs 1 crore on February 24 from the dera, located on the outskirts of Goindwal town in Punjab's Tarn Taran district. The accused were arrested on a tip-off that they were travelling in a car, police said, adding that they had barricaded the Nariangah crossing on the outskirts of Amritsar on receiving the information.