Two wives of retired senior officers were robbed and a bank manager shot at in Ghaziabad. The incident occurred on Thursday morning near Hindon Air Force station area of Ghaziabad under Sahibabad Police Station of the city.
Police said three armed robbers on a bike looted two women of their cash, jewellery, mobile phones and shot at a bank manager when he resisted their robbery bid. The women, residents of E-11 and E-12 Rajendra Nagar, were taking a morning walk. When they neared Hindon Air Force station, they were waylaid by assailants on a bike and divested of their valuables.
The two women are the wives of retired senior police and Army officers. They have been identified as Mithlesh Sharma (58), wife of Shri Kant Sharma, a retired Additional Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Aruna Sarkar (68), wife of Colonel AR Sarkar, a retired Army Officer presently residing in Rajendra Nagar.
After robbing the two women, the robbers attempted to rob a man who was headed to work. When he resisted, he was shot at.The bullet grazed his head and damaged his ear. His condition is stated to be critical.
The victim has been identified as Pradeep Kumar (31) employed as the branch manager of the Jahangirabad branch of HDFC Bank in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh.