<![CDATA[A woman television journalist was robbed of her mobile phone at gunpoint on Akshardham flyover on Thursday afternoon. Ms. Preeti Pandey was going to her office in Noida in an auto-rickshaw when the incident happened. Two bike-borne men allegedly tried to snatch her bag when the vehicle was scaling down Akshardham flyover and also threatened her with a gun. “The accused tried to snatch my bag, but I held on to it tightly. They then took out a pistol and threatened me to hand over my belongings,” said Ms. Pandey, adding that the auto-rickshaw and the men raced together for several metres. Later, the miscreants sped away with the woman’s phone, which was in her hand. The auto-rickshaw driver chased the men, but lost them near the Star City Mall. A man on a bike also tried to hunt down the snatchers, but in vain. Ms. Pandey later called her husband and informed the police. An FIR was subsequently registered at Mandawali police station. During the scuffle, Ms. Pandey got hurt after her fingers got stuck between the strap of her bag and the auto-rickshaw’s iron grills. The victim suspects the accused had been following her since she boarded the auto-rickshaw from the Delhi Police Headquarters at ITO. She also suspects that the auto-rickshaw driver was an accomplice of the duo.]]>
