Lucknow, August 05: Angry mob shot and assaulted three robbers in Agra district’s Shamsabad area in the early hours of Tuesday. A gang of six miscreants was escaping after killing a milkman in the area.
While one was arrested with the help of the villagers, two others managed to escape.
Though identified as natives of Ferozabad district, the police are yet to verify the antecedents of the accused.
Agra DIG Brij Bhushan said the milkman, Rajvir, was shot dead after he resisted the attempt of the gang to steal his motorcycle. While the assailants tried to run away with the motorcycle, about 2,000 locals from three adjacent villages gathered around hearing the gunshots. They turned violent seeing Rajvir’s body and chased the miscreants.
The gang took shelter in a field and opened fire. A few of the villagers with licenced firearms retaliated causing bullet injuries to three of them. Later, they assaulted the injured miscreants.
“Postmortem report will confirm whether the robbers died of gunshots or the injuries sustained by the assault,” said Bhushan.
–Agencies