Bike borne criminals robbed Rs 50,000 at gunpoint from a petrol pump in the Jhabreda area of Roorkee on Sunday. On receiving information about this daylight robbery, the Haridwar senior superintendent of police Senthil Avoodai Krishnaraj S and other police officers reached the site.
According to official information, three men on a motorcycle reached the Vikrant and Kartik filling station in Khajuri village on Sunday afternoon. Petrol pump owner Vikrant Tyagi said that the miscreants looted about Rs 50,000 from the salesman at gunpoint.
Police swung into action and apart from putting up blockades on routes, also began checking footage from the CCTV cameras at the petrol pump and nearby locations in an attempt to identify the culprits. The SP (Rural) Swapan Kishore Singh said that teams have been formed and are working to crack the case.