In a sensational loot at busy lucknow-Kanpur highway, about half a dozen unidentified miscreants shot driver of a courier van and also critically injured the security guard before looting over 7 kilograms of gold worth crores of rupees. local police which rushed to the spot soon after getting the information claimed to have launched a massive hunt for the miscreants but they efforts went in vein.
Reports said that the Maruti Van (UP32EN-4233), owned by Sequel logistic Private limited, was on its way to lucknow from Kanpur to supply couriers which included a consignment of 7.19 Kg of gold biscuits. As the van was crossing FI Medical and Research Centre in Bajhera hamlet of Sohramau, just on the border of state capital, a white colour Bolero, occupied by half a dozen miscreants suddenly overtook and intercepted the Van late on Friday night.
Before the driver Harichand Yadav (30) could sense foul play, one of the miscreants opened fire and killed him. They also shot at the security guard, Ram Bachan Pandey, having a license gun, after he tried to offer some resistance. The miscreants later looted gold biscuits and jewellery along with other items and fled from the scene of crime. One another occupant in the Van, identified as Sunil Mishra, a resident of Bargawa in Krishnanagar at lucknow, somehow managed to save his life. He rushed out of the van to inform the police.
later the driver and the guard were rushed to the Nawabganj community health centre where the driver was declared Rsbrought dead’ and the guard was referred to Trauma centre at lucknow where he was still battling for his life. A FIR has been filed on the complaint of the courier company official Anoop Shukla, a native of Shuklaganj at Gangaghat in Unnao. He claimed that besides gold, one mobile phone and three ATM cards were also looted by the miscreants.
Meanwhile in another case reported from Hapur, unknown miscreants struck terror when they killed both the night watchmen of a guest house and looted belongings. Reports said that 65-year-old Mausam Ali, hailing from West Bengal, and 22-year-old Nitin, posted as night watchman at lavkush Garden in Syana Road under Garhmukteshwar police station area were present in the guest house. In the wee hours of Saturday, some unidentified miscreants struck at the guest house and when the two reportedly challenged them, they both were brutally killed and later their bodies were dumped on the corner. The miscreants later looted the belonging and escaped. The sensational incident only brought to the notice of the local police when the guest house owner reached in the morning. A case has been registered and further investigations are on.