Rs.1.3 mn stolen from Ludhiana farmer

Ludhiana, Dec 31 (IANS) A farmer from this industrial city of Punjab Wednesday fell prey to a thief's prank and lost nearly Rs.1.3 million.

The farmer, Iqbal Singh Gill, and his son took out money from a bank on the Mall Road here. Gill sat in the car while his son went for some other work in the bank.

A youth walked up to Gill and told him that some of his money had fallen near the car.

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As Gill got down from the car to pick up the notes of Rs.10 denomination, his bag containing the money went missing from the car.

The police later registered a case following Gill's complaint. The farmer had taken out the money to make some payments.