Petrol pump staff robbed of Rs 10 lakh on their way to bank

Noida: Two petrol pump employees on their way to a bank in Greater Noida were robbed off their cash by two unidentified motorcycle-borne men who also took away their scooter, police said on Friday.

The cash, estimated to be around Rs 8 lakh, was in the boot of the scooter on which the employees were riding to the bank to deposit the money, according to officials.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central Noida, Harish Chander said the incident took place in Surajpur police station area in the morning.

Senior officials said that the Surajpur Police state SHO, Pradeep Kumar Tripathi, under whose jurisdiction, the robbery occurred, was suspended in connection with the case by the Noida Police Commissioner.

"Two employees of Karanwal petrol pump were on their way to the bank in the morning when two people on a Bullet motorcycle waylaid them. The duo fled with their scooter which had the cash kept in its boot," Chander said.

"The employees tried to chase them but in vain. The employees informed the local police that they were going to the bank to deposit the cash," he added.

"The scooter and the cash would be recovered soon. We have got some substantial clue in this case," he added.

The second robbery incident was reported from Beta-II police station area of Greater Noida, where two employees of an Indian oil petrol pump in Delta-I area were robbed of Rs 2 lakh cash by four car-borne assailants near City

park.