A forty five-year-old accountant died after being shot at by 4 bike-borne males whereas he tried to cease them from stealing his bag containing Rs 6.5 lakh, at Shalimar village on Tuesday, the police stated on Wednesday.
The police recognized the deceased as Saroj Pathak, who labored at a utensil-manufacturing manufacturing facility in Wazirabad industrial space.
Pathak would depart his workplace on a scooter with a bag of money on daily basis handy it over to manufacturing facility proprietor Ravinder Jain at Shalimar village, they stated, including that the accused have been conscious of Pathak’s post-work routine.
An officer stated the incident came about round 9 pm when Pathak was on his solution to Shalimar village. “The accused not solely stole his bag but additionally fled together with his scooter after capturing him… He died on the hospital throughout remedy,” the officer added.
“The 4 accused haven’t but been recognized,” DCP (North West) Bhisham Singh stated.
“On Tuesday, whereas Pathak was at a T-point in Ashok Vihar, the 4 males drove in direction of him… One in all them took out a countrymade pistol and fired a shot, which hit Pathak within the chest. The 4 then took the bag and fled with the scooter,” he added.
In response to CCTV digital camera footage, the accused had dumped the scooter and the bike in Alipur, police stated. Each the autos have been recovered, they added.
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A case has been registered at Ashok Vihar police station.
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