Armed robbers shoot youth in Naini

ALLAHABAD: A youth was killed and two others sustained gun shot injuries when about half a dozen armed robbers struck at the house of one Vinod Kumar Pandey and decamped with cash and jewellery worth lakhs. The incident occurred at Deorakh village in Naini in the wee hours of Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Guddu Pandey alias Ranjeev, 22. Guddu's younger brother Vinay Pandey and sister-in-law Rakhi are battling for life in a hospital.Guddu was pursuing BA while his younger brother is an intermediate student, police said.
Inspector Naini AK Shukla said robbers entered the house of Vinod Kumar Pandey, a COD employee, from the roof and locked the room where Vinod and his wife Ragini were sleeping.
The robbers then entered the room of Rakhi, wife of Sanjeev Pandey. Police said Sanjeev is posted out of the city and his wife lives with her in-laws.
When robbers were search the almirah and boxes kept in Rakhi's room, the latter woke up and offered resistance. The robbers thrashed her brutally and left her bleeding.
Hearing noises, Vinod and his wife woke up but could not come out of the room as it was locked. Vinod called up one of his relatives and told him about the incident.
In the meantime, the robbers while fleeing from the scene shot at Guddu and his younger brother Vinay.
When the relatives along with neighbours reached the house, they spotted the three persons bleeding and informed the police. The locals with the help of police took the injured persons to a nursing home where Guddu succumbed to his injuries.
Later, senior police officials along with finger print experts rushed to the spot and carried out investigations.