Robbers Return to Ask ATM Card Pin, Held After Gunfight with Noida Cops

Two motorcycle-borne men who were fleeing after robbing the mobile phone and wallet of a man were held here following a gunfight with the police, officials said on Thursday.

The incident took place Wednesday night on a road near Garhi Chaukhandi village under Phase-3 police station limits, Central Noida Deputy Commissioner of Police Harish Chander said.

"The accused were fleeing after robbing the mobile phone and wallet of a man, who was out for dinner, at gunpoint. There was some cash, driver's license, Aadhaar card and an ATM card in the wallet of the victim. After going to some distance, the robbers returned to the victim to ask for the pin code of his ATM card and then fled again," he said.

The issue was quickly answered to the neighborhood police headquarters and transferred on the



police organize and the team was blocked at a security check in the region, the official said. 

"When approached to stop for checking, they started shooting at the police group and hurried away. They were pursued by the police officers and the team got harmed in retaliatory terminating after which they were held and taken to a close by emergency clinic for treatment," DCP Chander said.

Those held have been identified as Gaurav Singh and Sadanand, both locals around 25 years of age, and the items robbed by them, including the wallet with Rs 3,200 and the ATM card, have been recovered, the police said.

Two country-made pistols were also seized from their possession and their motorcycle has been impounded, while further proceedings are being carried out at the Phase 3 police station, they added.