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Robbers loot jeweller after killing bus conductor
In a shocking incident of daylight robbery, five armed men on Monday shot dead the conductor of a Delhi Transport Corporation bus and looted a jeweller, who was travelling by the bus.
- IANS
- Published: 23:31 February 4, 2008
Ghaziabad: In a shocking incident of daylight robbery, five armed men on Monday shot dead the conductor of a Delhi Transport Corporation bus and looted a jeweller, who was travelling by the bus.
Jewellery worth millions was looted. Two men were critically injured in the shooting.
According to police, the incident occurred in Moradnagar area of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, yesterday morning when the assailants tried to rob the Meerut-based jeweller Sunil Verma, who was travelling to Delhi. The robbery seemed well planned.
"The robbers were already sitting inside the bus and they tried to loot Verma near Moradnagar canal. But a constable, conductor and driver of the bus put up stiff resistance and a fight ensued," said a police official.
"The robbers opened fire during the scuffle and escaped in a car trailing the bus," the official said.
The injured were admitted to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared the conductor dead. The condition of the other two was stated to be critical.
The number of people aboard the bus was not immediately known.
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