BUSINESSMAN CARRYING ₹1-CR CASH SHOT DEAD DURING ROBBERY

NEW DELHI: A 48-year-old businessman was killed when four motorcycle-borne men fired at his car while attempting to rob him in west Delhi’s Kirtin Nagar industrial area Monday night. His driver too was injured.

While police managed to foil the robbery, three suspects were arrested in the incident.

Anand Aggarwal, who traded in iron and steel, was carrying over ₹1 crore in cash with him in his car, while travelling from his office in Naraina, when the suspects waylaid them at around 8.30pm near a railway underpass.

Deputy commissioner of police (west) Monika Bhardwaj said that Agarwal was seated in the back seat. The suspects first fired at the driver, Sujeet, and managed to injure him.

“As the bullet fired by the robber hit his driver, Agarwal came out of his car to intervene. The assailant fired two bullets at him and killed him,” said Bhardwaj. One bullet had pierced Aggarwal’s neck, killing him on the spot, said police.

The DCP said that four policemen – assistant sub-inspectors (ASI) Naresh Pal and Sunil, head constable Digvijay and constable Ashok – were on patrol, some 200 metres away from the crime spot, when they heard the gunshots.

“They rushed to the spot and saw a man firing at someone. Another man was on a bike while two others were opening the car’s hood. As our staff rushed towards them, the suspects fled on their motorcycles. Aggarwal and his driver were found injured and bleeding,” said the DCP. Police said the suspects failed to take the cash with them.