A 53-year-old man, who was the Executive Director of a company in Manesar was stabbed to death by unknown people outside an ATM located in Sector-4 area. The incident took place while he was returning to his home after withdrawing cash `30,000 on Wednesday night around 10.00 pm, police said.
Ramesh Vij, a resident of Sector-5 in Gurugram was working with Nagata India Private limited, in Manesar.
According to police, on Wednesday night a police team received an information from the police control room that a man was lying in a pool of blood in front of an ATM near CCA School in Sector-4.
Soon after the information was received, a police team along with a finger print expert and an FSl team reached the spot and took the badly injured man to a hospital, where he was declared brought dead.
In his complaint to police, Gaurav Khanna, a resident of Panipat and son-in-law of the deceased, told police that on August 30, he was in Gurugram to celebrate his wife’s birthday. Khanna said that he alongwith his wife and some relatives went for shopping on Mehrauli-Gurugam Road.
At around 8.17 pm, the victim called his wife, Anu Vij, and informing her that he has returned from the office. So the woman told him to get some cash as they were on the way to return their home.
“Again 10.00 pm the woman received a call that someone stabbed Ramesh near the ATM for the money and was lying in a pool of blood,” Gaurav told police.
Meanwhile, police said an unknown accused had snatched the amount and when the victim resisted, they stabbed him in the chest. The criminals then took the victim’s car and tried to flee from the spot. But the car hit a pole and the accused fled the spot leaving the vehicle behind.
“We have recovered the amount in the victim’s car. We are also scanning the CCTV footage of the ATM to get some clue about the accused. A case has been registered under Sections 302 (murder) and other relevant Sections of the IPC at Sector-9A police station, Krishan Kumar, the investigation officer of the case, said.