An accountant of a private auto firm was shot at thrice by a trio who snatched Rs. 7.3 lakh from him at Pillagumpe Industrial Estate, Hoskote on Thursday afternoon. The accountant, Veerendra Gupta (24), is in fighting for survival in a private hospital.
Gupta, from Uttar Pradesh, had been working with the firm for six months. He resides at Kadugodi. He had been to State Bank of India at Hoskote with a colleague Manjunath in a car on Thursday afternoon. They withdrew Rs. 7.3 lakh from the bank around 1:45 pm and left in the car.
They reached the factory around 3.45 p.m. As Gupta got down in front of the gate, a man on a bike tried to snatch the bag containing the money. When Gupta resisted, another man in a different bike opened fire and shot thrice. The attackers took the bag and sped away.
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Gupta sustained injuries in his upper chest, thigh and back. He also suffered multiple fractures in the ribs. He was rushed to a nearby hospital and later to a private hospital. Police sources said that he was operated on; some pellets removed.
B. Ramesh, Superintendent of Police, Bengaluru Rural district said that the bullets came from a .32 mm pistol. He said that there was a CCTV camera at the gate, but it was not functioning. He added that police are investigating.