Unidentified armed robbers waylaid father-son, vegetable traders, and robbed them of Rs 3 lakh in cash and mobile phone on Monday while the duo was going to the vegetable market. They shot at them too.
Police said Pawan Kumar Sharma, and his father Ved Prakash Sharma, both running a vegetable firm, were going to vegetable market in Sahibabad. The duo, both residents of Chiranjiv Vihar, were in their car and when they reached link Road connecting Madan Mohan Malviya marg, a Swift car overtook them. The occupants of the car forced them to stop their vehicle. They snatched the keys of the boot at gun point and took away the bag containing Rs 3 lakh in cash and a mobile phone and smashed the front wind screen of the car by hitting with a heavy iron road.
When Pawan Kumar Sharma tried to resist, one of the robbers opened fire at him. Pawan sustained gunshot wound and was later rushed to a nearby hospital. The robbers succeeded in fleeing the spot with the booty. Pawan's father Ved Prakash Sharma later told the police that they took away important papers pertaining to their business in addition to the cash. He lodged a written complaint with Indirapuram police station.
“ We have registered an FIR and a special police team has been tasked to work out the case”, said Akash Tomar, Superintendent of Police (SP) CITY Ghaziabad.