AMRITSAR: Swindlers absconded with a sum of Rs 1 lakh that had been donated by devotees at the Golden Temple for langar contribution by diverting the attention of the clerk at the cash counter.
According to sources, at around 8 pm on Sunday, three persons, including one female, approached the cash counter located near Dukhbhanjan Ber. They informed Rashpal Singh, the clerk at the cash counter about their intention to make a donation for the langar but tricked him into a deceptive tactic by claiming that their money had accidentally fallen from their hands while counting. Exploiting the clerk's momentary distraction as he looked toward the ground to assist them, the fraudsters pilfered two wads of Rs fifty thousand each before vanishing into the crowd.
