Toll collector shot dead by commuter

Sep 24, 2011 - Abhishek Anand |

New Delhi

A toll collector on the Delhi-Gurgaon toll road was shot dead by an unidentified commuter. The incident occurred very early Friday morning at the NH 8 toll plaza. The deceased was identified as toll collector Umesh Kant Pandey.

According to the police, a Mahindra Scorpio stopped at the toll barrier and asked Umesh to lift the barrier without paying the toll tax. He posed as a local resident and forced Umesh to let his car go through the barrier free of cost.
Umesh tried to refuse but lifted the barrier and the SUV passed through. But the assailant came back and the two had a heated conversation. Suddenly the assailant pulled out a pistol and shot Umesh at close range. Umesh was immediately taken to the Medanta Medicity Hospital but he succumbed to his injuries.
“We have registered an FIR following the incident. The CCTV footage has a slight view of the white Scorpio. A team has been formed to investigate the case,” said Gurgaon’s Kherki Daula police station SHO Rajeev Kumar, adding that none of his colleagues identified the noise as a gunshot immediately as the sound was very low, an indication that the weapon was sophisticated.
The family members of the deceased have been intimated and the body has been sent for a post-mortem examination.
Toll plaza CEO Manoj Agrawal said “adequate compensation” had been announced.

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