Robbery bid foiled

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : May 21 2016 | 12:22 AM IST
A robbery bid in a gold finance
company in Kalkaji area of swouth east Delhi was today foiled after an alert female employee alerted police after seeing some men making forced entry into her office, police said.
The incident happened around 1 PM when some, carrying fire arms, reached the company's office at the lunch time and tried to loot cash and other valuables by scaring the employees by whipping out pistols, a senior police official said.
In the meantime, a female employee, who had gone out of the office for lunch, saw some people pushing the office security guard and alerted the local police, he said.
Police rushed to the spot and the armed robbers manage to escape from the spot without succeeding in their plan.
Police is questioning employees to get any clues about the robbers, and examining CCTV footage of the locality to pinpoint them, he said.
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First Published: May 21 2016 | 12:22 AM IST

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