Ludhiana: An unknown man escaped after stealing Rs 23,500 from a woman and her daughter in a bank near the clock tower on Monday afternoon.
The duo has resigned Rs 1.08 lakh to pay the money they borrowed to buy a house.
“We stayed in rented accommodation in Chawni Mohalla and recently bought a house in the same area.
My father is Greengrocer.
To buy a house, he borrowed Rs 1 lakh from his friend.
Because we have to return the amount on Monday, I together My mother came to the bank to withdraw money.
“They pulled Rs 1.08 lakh.
“A man without a mask stood near me at the bank.
He said we had to count the money.
When we counted the note, he took a bundle from my hand and said two dirty currency notes and we had to change it.
I noted it to the mother I was to return and the man handed me the bundle.
I felt a few missing notes.
Before I could stop the man, he escaped from there.
I rushed out and tried to chase him, but it didn’t work, “he added.
Priitis asked bank employees to check the recording of the CCTV camera installed in place because the man was not wearing a mask.
“Bank employees told me that CCTV did not work,” said the camera was installed in and around the area.