Rs 3 lakh robbed; Sr citizen shoots at robbers

Sixty four year old OP Arora is a satisfied man even though he lost Rs 3 lakh to robbers in a daring day-light robbery at a busy market intersection at Nehru Nagar in Ghaziabad on Monday.

Sixty four year old OP Arora is a satisfied man even though he lost Rs 3 lakh to robbers in a daring day-light robbery at a busy market intersection at Nehru Nagar in Ghaziabad on Monday.

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Arora and his brother Lalit Kumar, 45, managed to shoot at one of the three robbers even as they escaped with the cash.

The robbers, aged between 25-30 years, intercepted Arora and his brother, around 11am and pointed a gun at Arora. The duo was on their way to deposit Rs 3 lakh in cash at a nationalised bank at Nehru Nagar.

Arora — a retired bank official — pulled out his licensed pistol and had a scuffle with the robber while the other two engaged his brother who also had a licensed pistol.

There was an exchange of fire between both sides. The robbers fired four rounds at the brothers but they were unhurt.

As the trio was escaping with the cash-filled bag, the Arora-brothers fired six bullets at them and one of them sustained a bullet-injury, but managed to escape. “The robber was stunned as I took out the pistol. While I managed to save the pistol, the robber took away the bag. The trio then boarded their black-Pulsar and sped away,” said Arora.

“Earlier, Rs 10 lakh were robbed from our residence at Avantika but the police officials, then, beat our family members and took a written note that no incident ever occurred,” Arora told reporters and the SSP.