Thieves ran away with loot, laptop and cash from wife of Archer Abhishek Verma in Delhi
A case was registered after a laptop, some documents and cash worth over Rs 1 lakh were stolen from the bag of Indian archer Abhishek Verma’s wife in Delhi’s Rohini area. Delhi Police has constituted a team to nab the culprits and the matter is being investigated.
“My wife was walking home from her office in the evening. He had parked his Audi car near Rohini Sector 7 or 8 for shopping. But when she returned after some time, the glass of the car was broken and the laptop bag was stolen. The laptop bag contained a laptop, some documents and over Rs 1 lakh in cash.
“The police was informed after which CCTV was checked. Around seven people were seen getting down from an e-rickshaw, who broke the window pane and stole the bag and fled,” said Verma.
Gold medal for India in Archery World Cup Stage 2 in Gwangju.
India’s compand men’s team of Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan and Aman Saini beat France 232-230.
This is the second consecutive World Cup gold medal for the trio. pic.twitter.com/nDaoI3iH4K
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According to Delhi Police, the incident took place around 7.30 pm when the archer’s wife Rohini stopped for shopping in Sector 7-8. “We have seen the CCTV footage in which an e-rickshaw is seen approaching the car. We have sent a team to nab the accused. The matter is under investigation,” said a police officer.
Abhishek Verma won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games with the men’s compound team of Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar. He was also awarded the Arjuna Award in 2014.
He also won silver media in the compound individual event with the compound team at the 2014 Incheon Games as well as the 2018 Jakarta Games.
(with ANI inputs)