Collection agent robbed,shot at in moving bus

He was injured in the left wrist and is undergoing treatment at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

All four assailants then jumped off the bus and rode away in two motorcycles which were tailing the vehicle.

A police officer said the incident was reported around 5.15 pm on Friday from the New Delhi district’s Mandir Marg area.

Officers said the assailants got into the bus along with Amlesh,25,at Karol Bagh. An officer said: “Amlesh boarded the bus at 4.55 pm. The four assailants followed suit. Two of them sat right behind him and the other two in the front. At Veer Savarkar Marg near Gole Market,one of them pointed a gun at him and asked him to give up the bag. When he refused,the assailant shot him,snatched the bag and fled,” a senior police officer said.

The assailants were unaware of the fact that Amlesh had the money concealed in the belt. A colleague,who was accompanying him,was also carrying Rs two lakh in a similar belt.

After the robbery,the assailants pointed the gun at the driver’s head and forced him to stop the bus.

The driver,Jagdish Kumar,52,told Newsline,“Two of their accomplices were following the bus on bikes. When I stopped the bus,they got out,hopped on the bikes and fled.”

The conductor,Suresh,47,said,“There were about 20 passengers in the bus. The victim was sitting opposite me. He resisted when asked to hand over the bag and was shot at. After the robbers fled,we called the police. The victim’s left wrist was bleeding. All passengers got out of the bus.”

A police officer said Amlesh and his colleague,Lalu,work as collection agents for a Karol Bagh-based company. They were on their way to Chandni Chowk to hand over the day’s collection.

Police have impounded the DTC bus (DL 1 PB 9932),which runs on route 39 (Jai Mata Market to Jheel). A case of robbery has been registered against unknown assailants at the Mandir Marg police station.