Mohali, Nov. 8 -- Two days after two youths tried to rob their employer, a marble trader, after firing at him in Zirakpur on Wednesday night, police arrested the duo from near Chhat village.

The accused, identified as Deepak Kumar, alias Kalu, 19, a resident of Bihar, and Deepak Kumar, alias Chhotu, 18, a resident of Sitamarhi, Bihar, had procured the country-made pistol used in the crime from Uttar Pradesh, said investigating officer SI Balraj Singh.

Kalu was working with the trader, Anuj Goyal, a resident of Zirakpur, for more than a year and Chhotu had joined a few months back.

According to police, Goyal often carried cash in his bag and would drop the workers home every night in his car. On Wednesday night, while Goyal was driving ...