Ludhiana: An unidentified man escaped after stealing Rs 23,500 from a woman and her daughter inside a bank near Clock Tower on Monday afternoon. The duo had withdrawn Rs 1.08 lakh to repay the money they borrowed to buy a house.
Lalita, 44, and her daughter Ritika, 18, tried to chase the accused, but he made good his escape in the crowded Old City market.
Ritika said, “We live in a rented accommodation in Chawni Mohalla and had recently purchased a house in the same locality. My father is a greengrocer. To purchase the house, he had borrowed Rs 1 lakh from his friend. As we had to return the sum on Monday, I along with my mother came to the bank to withdraw money.”