Ludhiana, May 3 -- A spate of armed robberies has left residents of Ludhiana shaken, with two major incidents reported within 24 hours. In the latest case on Thursday night, six armed robbers stormed a wholesale grocery store on Jassian Road, looting Rs.2 lakh. The robbery occurred around 8.50 pm when shop owner Joginder Singh, 69, and his son Surinder Singh, 36, were closing for the day.

Surinder said four assailants-two with pistols and another with a sharp-edged weapon-entered the store and demanded cash at gunpoint. "As we resisted, one of them fired a shot, but I narrowly escaped," he said. Joginder suffered injuries when he was attacked with a blade as he tried to intervene.

One of the robbers was caught by a store employee and th...