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Tribune News Service
Ropar, January 9
A home guard jawan was shot at during a scuffle with ATM robbers late Saturday night.
The injured was identified as Krishan Lal.
According to Ropar SSP Vivek Sheel Soni, a police party was patrolling in Pull Bazar area around 1.30 a.m. when they noticed some suspicious activity in the Axis Bank ATM kiosk. When Krishan Lal went inside the kiosk, he found that two unidentified persons were trying to break open the ATM. When he tried to nab them, one of the accused fired at him, inflicting injury on his arm. The accused later fled the spot.
Krishan Lal has been admitted to the PGI, Chandigarh, and is out of danger, SSP Soni said, adding that search for the accused is on.
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