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Wipro employee, husband robbed in Connaught Place

New Delhi: A woman, working with IT giant Wipro in Gurugram, and her husband were robbed in posh Janpath road area at Connaught Place.

The couple was injured during the incident. Police have registered a case of robbery in this regard and started their investigation.

One of the victims, identified as Vinod Singh Bhandari (husband), informed the police that he was going with his wife Amrita on scooty to drop her at New Delhi railways station as she was going to her parents' house in Rampur.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Eish Singhal told that they have registered a case of robbery in this regard.

"Teams have been formed to investigate and nab the accused. The special staff has also been tasked to round up suspects," said DCP New Delhi adding that, they are scanning CCTV footages of the area.

Around 5:30 am, when the couple reached Hailey Road red light, two persons on a white motorcycle started chasing them.

"The motorcycle rider was wearing helmet whereas the pillion rider was helmet-less," the victim told investigators.

Talking to Millennium Post, Vinod said that one of them had a pistol which he was showing to them.

"We thought that they might shoot us so my wife Amrita threw her gold chain towards them. Even after picking up the chain from the road, they continued to follow us. They further threatened us to handover the bag to them," said Vinod.

Adding further, Vinod stated that in a bid to save themselves from the robbers, he started riding his scooty on the wrong side of the road.

"Our vehicle skid on the street and my wife received serious injuries," the victim said adding that, he also received injuries during the incident.

As per the victims, the whole incident continued for 10 minutes and no one came to rescue them.

"There were people on the road. Even a bus packed with passengers was passing at that time but no one stopped to help us. After we skid few people stopped and one of them informed the police," they

said.

Adding further, they stated that they always thought to help people in distress but in their case, they were left alone on the street of the city.

Elaborating more, the victim said that his wife is a team leader in Wipro in Gurugram. While he works in the hospitality sector. The couple lives in Neb Sarai area.

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