Daylight robbery at Big Byte Computers

In a daring incident, a group of four unidentified men entered the premises
of Ludhiana-based Big Byte Computers and robbed cash and computer parts worth Rs
4 lakh at gunpoint.

The robbers had covered their faces with black masks and were armed with
revolvers and knives. They tied the hands and legs of the employees with rope.
It is also reported that an employee was shot on his leg when he tried to flee
from the spot.

After an hour of holding the employees captive the gang fled with several
items like CPU, RAM, accessories and laptops including the mobile phones of
Rajiv Bansal, owner of the company, and all his employees. The incident happened
at 7:30pm on November 5.

Members of the IT association of Ludhiana-Association of Computer
Entrepreneurs (ACE), observed a bandh the following day, informed Paramjit Singh
Juneja, CEO of Secant Technologies.

An FIR has been filed with the police and members of ACE held a discussion
with DSP and SSP of the region, seeking immediate arrest of the accused.
Ludhiana police has assured that the accused would be arrested soon as they had
leads to help them catch hold of the culprits.

Gurpreet Singh, President, ACE, while giving latest updates on the actions
taken by the police, informed, "Police is saying that they have clues but it
will take sometime to catch the person. The association is in regular discussion
with SSD in Ludhiana."

"The robbers arrived in a Maruti Zen and the same car was found burnt 2km
away from the site of robbery. The number plates were not visible but the police
has assured us that there are indications on the basis of which they would catch
the accused," shared Juneja.

Though the market was closed on November 6 for the whole day, dealers in
Ludhiana made their way to attend the IT Panchayat, organized by The DQ Week on
the same day.

Bansal of Big Byte Computers could not be contacted to give a comment on the
incident.