Petrol pump owner shot at, robbed of ₹15 lakh

Incident happened outside bank

November 15, 2017 01:30 am | Updated 01:30 am IST - New Delhi

A petrol pump owner was shot at and robbed outside a bank as he approached it to deposit cash at south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar here on Tuesday morning.

Kamaljeet Singh Sethi, who owns a petrol pump in Lado Sarai, was walking towards the bank to deposit around ₹15 lakh when he was attacked, the police quoted him as saying.

According to the police, Mr. Sethi claimed no onlookers came to his aid and the bank’s security guard was in the restroom at the time of the incident. However, an auto-rickshaw driver who was present at the location attempted to come to his aid but was assaulted by the accused as they fled.

CCTV footage

The police said the entire incident has been captured on CCTV cameras.

Mr. Sethi is undergoing treatment at a hospital. The police said, prima facie there were three attackers trailing Mr. Sethi from Lado Sarai.

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