NOIDA: At least four persons attacked a
guard manning the store room abutting a PVNNL
substation in Sector 20 on Sunday night and tried to loot equipment kept there.
The
gang allegedly tied up the guard, who was sitting on a chair outside the store holding a gun, and tried to enter the premises. But another guard sleeping inside the store woke up in the meantime and informed police, prompting the gang to flee with the guard’s gun.
A lineman posted at the substation said the robbery attempt took place around 4.30am when an armed guard was deployed outside the store and another was sleeping inside.
Manish Saxena, the SHO of Sector 20 police station, identified the armed guard posted outside the store as Rakesh, a resident of Jewar. “He complained that some unidentified assailants had attacked him. They fled the spot when they saw other guard running towards them.”
Saxena said the gang had attempted to rob equipment kept inside the store room, such as transformers, cables, metallic items, etc as and had tied up the armed guard to the chair with a cloth. Before fleeing, the four snatched the gun Rakesh had with him.
An FIR has been lodged against unidentified assailants for the robbery bid.
On the intervening night of May 18-19, a gang had allegedly held four workers of an NPCL substation at gunpoint and stole equipment worth around Rs 60 lakh from Delta 2 in
Greater Noida. Four persons have been arrested in connection with the robbery.
While the entire loot was estimated to be worth around Rs 60 lakh, police have been able to recover stolen equipment worth Rs 40 lakh. Those arrested were identified as Chand, Yogesh, Praful and Kamil.
