Barnala, April 14 -- Three persons robbed Rs.70,000 from a liquor vend near the Barnala jail road, Rs.22,000 from another vend in Sukhpura Maur village in Tapa besides unsuccessfully targeting two more such facilities in the district on Saturday, police officials said. Barnala deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Satvir Singh said efforts were being made to arrest the suspects. The first incident was reported from a liquor vend in Badbar village where three persons arrived on a bike. While one of them with covered face, armed with a country-made pistol, stood guard outside, the other two threatened the salesman and directed him to hand over the cash to them. One of them used a blunt weapon to smash the vend's protective grill. To intimidate bystanders, the suspect outside fired a shot into the air. The trio fled the scene when people began to gather. An FIR has been registered under Sections 309(4) (related to robbery), 62 (attempt to commit offence), 324(4) (mischief), 125 (endangering life) and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with relevant sections of the Arms Act, at the Dhanaula police station. At another liquor vend near the jail road, three persons assaulted a salesman (Rajinder Singh) and robbed him of Rs.70,000 before fleeing. The Barnala police station slapped Sections 331(6) (house-trespass), 309 (robbery) and 3(5) of the BNS, as well as relevant sections of the Arms Act. In Tapa's Sukhpura Maur village, the accused robbed a liquor vend's salesman of nearly Rs.22,000. DSP Gurpreet Singh Singh said the Sehna police station registered an FIR under Section 309 (4), 351(3) (criminal intimidation) and 3(5) of the BNS. He added that a robbery bid was reported from Dhillwan village for which another FIR under relevant sections has been registered....