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Ghaziabad: A 24-year-old man and his wife were arrested on Saturday for allegedly robbing and killing a 55-year-old man from Akbarpur Behrampur earlier this month. The third accused is currently absconding.The accused, Gurmeet Sagar Singh and Shivani Singh (24) are from Faridabad.On Saturday, a team from Crossings Republik police station were conducting routine checks near the Tigri roundabout when Gurmeet arrived on an Activa.“Seeing the police, he tried to escape. Subsequently, the police alerted additional teams and Gurmeet was surrounded by officials. He attempted to fire at the police but injured his leg in a retaliatory fire. Later, he was arrested and sent to Florence Hospital for treatment. The police recovered a country-made pistol, cartridges and Rs 3,400 in cash from his possession,” said DCP (rural) Vivek Chandra Yadav.“A preliminary probe revealed that Gurmeet had tried to escape because he had looted and killed Shyamdutt. He also told the police that his wife and sister, Annu, were his accomplices. Additionally, the police also nabbed Shivani near the Tigri roundabout,” the DCP added.Gurmeet told investigators that the three had gone to Shyamdutt’s house on May 17 with the intention of robbery, the police said. “Annu knew that Shyamdutt was wealthy, and the three thought they could become rich by looting him. However, Shyamdutt attempted to fight the trio during the robbery bid but they attacked him with a knife. He was stabbed more than 20 times,” the DCP said. “A case was registered against the trio under IPC sections 302 (murder), 394 (voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) and 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property),” an official said.“Efforts are underway to locate Annu, the third accused,” the official stated.

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