India, Feb. 21 -- Three armed men struck a petrol pump near the Delhi-Meerut Expressway at 1.30am on Friday and stole petrol and diesel fuel worth Rs.30,000, police said. The men took the fuel away in plastic cans they had brought in their car.

Ajay Bansal, the petrol pump owner, did not respond to calls seeking a comment.

"The armed robbers arrived in a car, switched on the petrol filling machines, and filled up plastic cans with petrol and diesel. They injured an on-duty staff member who had joined the job earlier that day. They searched for the cash locker but when they couldn't find it, they stole cash from the staff employee - the amount is being ascertained," said Vipin Sharma, president of the Zila Ghaziabad Petrol Diesel Associa...