Execs fired at in Gzb after car grazes bike
None of the three executives was injured but they said the bike-borne duo fired on their Verna multiple times during a hot pursuit from Sector 4 in Vaishali to Shakti Khand in Indirapuram. The shooting, they told police, had taken place between 10 and 10.30am.
Lalit Sangwan (37), a field officer with the firm who was at the wheel, said he had accidentally brushed the bike near the bridge on the Hindon canal in Sector 4.
“We were going towards Noida but took a U-turn when the man riding pillion whipped out a gun,” Sangwan said. “The first shot hit near the left front door of the car even as we sped towards our office in Indirapuram. Two more shots grazed the roof. One of us dialled 100. When we reached our office, we shut the gate and ran inside. The men fired two shots at the gate and fled,” he added.
Sangwan said he and colleagues Harish Sharma and Rakesh Yadav had given the cops two bullets that had stuck to the gate. “There’s a CCTV camera installed at the gate of a school adjoining our office. Its footage can be studied for clues,” he said.
The bikers were booked for attempt to murder in a case filed at Indirapuram. But the police said they had not been able to find a single eyewitness to corroborate the version of the three executives. A police officer said a team met the executives at their office in Indirapuram and did a recce of route which they alleged they had been chased but were unable to find witnesses.
“Prima facie, there appear to be many loopholes in the version of events narrated to cops by the victims. The case is, however, being investigated thoroughly. No conclusions have been made till now,” said Ghaziabad DSP Atul Yadav.
One of the executives, however, said the police team questioned some roadside workers, who claimed not to have seen anything. He said an examination of CCTV footage, the bullets they had handed over and a thorough investigation would prove their claim.
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