Five robberies, one murder rock Noida

Noida was rocked with a spate of criminal activities as five robberies have been reported from different parts of the city in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, a Dalit youth was allegedly shot dead by three drunk men on Tuesday night over a petty dispute in Noida’s Sarfabad village. Police said the deceased has been identified as Sohit (18), who belonged to Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh and lived here in a rented accommodation. 

According to police, the incident took place around 1 am on Tuesday when Sohit was sleeping on the roof of his rented house and objected to being disturbed during his sleep. Three youths, identified as Munesh Yadav, Umesh Yadav and Kale Yadav — sons of local Samajwadi Party leader Chandr Mall Yadav — lived nearby and were abusing him in a drunken state. 

“When Sohit objected, they jumped the wall and started beating him. He was hit on his head with some blunt object. Kale, reportedly, shot the victim. By the time police reached the spot, Sohit was dead. His body has been sent for post-mortem and an FIR has been registered against the trio under Section 302 for the Indian Panel Code (IPC) and SC/ST Act in Sector-49 police station We are investigating the case,” police said.

Noida Deputy Superintendent of Police Arvind Yadav said, “We have formed three police teams to conduct raids in nearby district and arrest the accused.”

Meanwhile, five daylight robberies have been reported in Noida. In the first case, two unidentified bike-borne youths on Tuesday evening robbed Rs 4.5 lakh from a recovery agent in Sector-63, Noida. Police said victim Man Singh of Parpar Ganj in New Delhi, who works for PNS collection agency, came to Noida to collect cash. The robbers overtook him at gunpoint and snatched the bag containing cash.  

In the second case, an accountant of a private company Amarchand Sany was robbed of Rs 2.7 lakh outside Asix Bank located in Sector-16 on Tuesday after noon. While bike borne criminals on Tuesday night overtook victim Omveer who is attached with NTPC, Dadari on gun point and robbed Rs 7,000, mobile phone. The incident took place when he was returning home after duty.

In the other cases, two robbers on a Scooty robbed-off gold chain and ring from a car rider identified as Munav of Sector-51. The robbers overtook his car in Sector-50 and then looted him on gun point on Wednesday morning. Another victim Dharmveer was looted Rs 10000, mobile phone, ATMs on gun point after offering him lift in car near Botanical Garden under Sector-39 police station.