Eight armed robbers allegedly
overpowered two security guards and five employees before robbing goods worth lakhs of rupees at a factory in Sector 80 under Noida Phase 2 police station area.
The robbers struck at the electronics factory located at A-88 sector 80 last night and overpowered the guards and employees before robbing copper wire and goods, besides the mobile phones of employees, police said.
Security guards Netra Pal and Kishan Dutt Sharma were overpowered by robbers, while factory workers Ankshit, Sanjay, Deepak, Vashisth and Ravi Kumar were held captive at gunpoint. police said.
Later, the robbers threw the mobile phones outside the factory at some distance, they said.
Factory owner A K Gupta informed the police.
A search has been launched to arrest the robbers but till late evening they were not traced, they said.
