Insider’s role suspected in Vivek Vihar robbery

Police identified the injured employees as Jagmohan Singh Goldie,Vinod Kumar and Jitender Kumar. The petrol pump manager,Puneet,escaped unhurt.

Speaking to Newsline,Jitender Singh Shunty,municipal councillor from Jhilmil and Goldie’s cousin,said,“All three are out of danger. Police have recorded their statements. I think an insider is involved. The entire incident was planned.”

“They have told us that the assailants appeared to be 20 to 25 years old and were slightly built,” a senior police officer said.

The four told police that usually they carried around Rs 15 to 20 lakh. But due to Janmashtami being a bank holiday,they had three days’ earnings from the petrol pump,Rs 57 lakh,on Saturday.

Around 10.30 am on Saturday morning,four employees of Victory Service Station were attacked by two assailants on a blue Bajaj Pulsar. The four were taking the cash to a Canara Bank branch.

The assailants got off the bike and shot at the employees,severely injuring three. The assailants abandoned their bike and escaped towards Ghaziabad,aided by two other bike-borne men waiting nearby.