Lucknow: 3 gunned down outside ATM, Rs 50 lakh looted

February 27, 2015

Lucknow, Feb 27: In a brazen attack, two masked assailants today shot dead three persons carrying bank money in a busy commercial area here and decamped with Rs 50 lakh after opening fire to scare away shocked onlookers, police said.shootout

The criminals came on a motorcycle around noon when cash was about to be loaded in an ATM of a private bank in Babuganj locality in Hasanganj area close to Lucknow University campus, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Yashasvi Yadav said.

The duo opened fire indisriminately from point blank range at three persons, including two private guards. Two persons died on the spot, while another died in hospital during treatment, he said.

The deceased were identified as Anil Singh (40), Arun Kumar (45) and Avinash Shukla (35).

Taking serious note of the incident, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav directed Director General of Police (DGP) A K Jain to personally monitor the progress in the investigation and ensure that the case be cracked within 15 days and the money is recovered. He also announced compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the deceased.

Dazed witnesses said they heard a burst of gun shots and before they could realise what had happened, the criminals fled on the motorcyle.

The incident sent shock waves across the state capital as it came at a time when 'Police Week', organised by UP Indian Police Service (IPS) Association, began today.

As panic gripped the area, police swung into action and cordoned off the entire place and constituted 16 teams to track down the culprits.

"We have taken the incident as a challenge and formed 16 teams to work on different angles to crack the case. Some valuable camera feed have been obtained. We are working on it," the SSP said.

IG Zaqi Ahmed, DIG R K Chaturvedi and the SSP besides other senior officers rushed to the spot.

Gory pictures of the three bullet riddled bodies went viral on news channels which also showed one of them lying inside the ATM in a pool of blood with wads of currency notes in the denomination of Rs 500 lying next to him.

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May 14,2020

Six migrant workers have been killed and five others seriously injured when a speeding bus ran over them on the Delhi-Saharanpur Highway near in Muzaffarnagar, officials said on Thursday.

The accused driver, who was suspected to be under the influence of alcohol, has been arrested, said SSP Abhishek Yadav.

The workers were going on foot to their homes in Bihar from Haryana when they were hit on the Delhi-Saharanpur Highway between Ghalili Check Post and Rohana Toll Plaza, about 20 km from here late last night, the official said.

The injured -- Sushil, Nathu Saini, Pawan Saini, Pramod and Ramji Rai --were rushed to hospital.

Two of the deceased were identified as Bijender, 25, and Harsh, 20. The rest were yet to be identified.

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January 2,2020

New Delhi, Jan 2: A 20-year-old man set his motorcycle on fire after he was challaned by the traffic police in south Delhi's Greater Kailash area on Wednesday, police said.

Vikas, a resident of Sangam Vihar, was challaned by the traffic police for riding the motorcycle without helmet, a senior police official said.

The traffic police challaned him and impounded the motorcycle, following which Vikas set the bike on fire, the officer said.

A case has been registered and the accused arrested, the officer added.

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May 28,2020

Hyderabad, MAY 28: A three-year-old boy who accidentally fell into a newly drilled open borewell in Telangana's Medak district was found dead in the early hours of Thursday, police said.

The kid's body was retrieved at around 4 am after a nearly 10 hours' long rescue operation involving different agencies, they said.

"He died a while before we evacuated him, most likely due to the mud that covered him from the top sealing off necessary oxygen supply, " Medak District Superintendent of Police Chandana Deepti told PTI.

The boy had accidentally slipped into the 120- feet borewell at around 5 pm on Wednesday in an agricultural field located in Papannapet mandal of the district when he was walking with his grandfather and father, police earlier said.

As part of rescue efforts, a parallel trench was dug along the borewell hole with the help of earth excavating machines and oxygen was supplied into it, but the efforts went in vain as the boy's body was found stuck at a depth of around 25 feet, the police said.

Apart from the police, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel were also involved in the rescue operation.

The borewell into which the child fell was one among the three dug by the family since Tuesday night to try and find water for their fields. But none of them yielded any water, police had said.

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