Gurgaon shopkeeper shot at, robbed of ₹5 lakh, 2-wheeler

VICTIM WAS SHOT AT WHEN HE WAS ON HIS WAY BACK HOME ON HIS SCOOTER AFTER CLOSING HIS SHOP 7.30PM; HIS VEHICLE WAS LATER RECOVERED NEAR THE FOREST DEPARTMENT’S OFFICE, POLICE OFFICIALS SAY

GURGAON: A group of assailants on a bike allegedly opened fire on a shop owner in Sadar Bazar area on Saturday evening, before robbing him of his two-wheeler on which he was also carrying around ₹5 lakh in cash.

The victim owns a ‘ghee’ shop in the Sabzi Mandi locality of Sadar Bazar. He was admitted to the Civil Hospital. Police are investigating the matter, but are yet to make any arrest.

The police identified the victim as Ravinder Singla, a resident of Housing Board colony.

According to the police, Ravinder was shot at while he was on his way back home on his scooter after closing his shop around 7.30pm.

Around 7.45pm, the attackers took up positions in a ‘dark spot' near Baraf Khana Marg, the police said. As Ravinder arrived in his Scooty, they stopped the two-wheeler. They tried to snatch his bag, which was stuffed with cash and was inside the Scooty’s trunk.

As Ravinder tried to fight off the attackers, they shot him on the foot.

One of the attackers fled in his Scooty, while others bolted with the bag, containing ₹4.85 lakh in cash, on their motorcycle.

The scooter was later recovered near the forest department’s office in Civil Lines, the police said.

“It seems the culprits were aware of Ravinder’s routine and an ‘inside job’ cannot be ruled out. Investigation is on and we are trying to examine the CCTV footage of the spot near the crime scene,” inspector Narender Khatana, station house officer (SHO), Civil Lines police station, said.

GURGAON POLICE NAB WANTED GANGSTER IN BIHAR’S MOTIHARI

GURGAON: The crime branch of Gurgaon police arrested a 25-year-old man, who was on ‘Motihari’s most wanted’ gangsters’ list, on Saturday night.

The police identified the gangster as Ram Singh, a resident of Chakia, in Bihar’s Motihari district. It is located 150km from state capital Patna.

According to the police, Ram has several cases of murder, attempt to murder, robbery, and ransom registered against him.

“After committing a crime, Ram used to lie low in Delhi-NCR for some time before returning to his native Bihar. Once things calmed down, he would return to commit his next crime. We are verifying if he was involved in other cases in this region as well,” Ravinder Kumar, public relations officer, Gurgaon police, said.

Ravinder said that Ram had been taking refuge in the NCR for nearly three months and living in different locations, using aliases every time.

Police said that acting on information, a checkpoint was set up by the anti-vehicle theft unit of crime branch in Sector 15.

Ram was apprehended at the checkpoint and the police recovered a countrymade pistol and a stock of bullets from him. After a probe, the police found that Ram had been involved in several crimes this year and a reward of ₹50,000 had been announced for his capture.