Tags: New Delhi , Robbery , Man dead

New Delhi: A 33-year-old man was shot dead when he was trying to prevent four robbers from barging into the house of a senior citizen in Southwest Delhi.

Another person was injured in the incident that took place at around 1:30 am in Indira Park in Palam, police said.

The police said four robbers were trying to break into the house of 67-year-old Damyanti Devi who lives alone in Indira Park.

The robbers were trying to break open the grills of one of the windows of Devi's residence and when she heard the commotion and cried for help and her neighbours Harish Kumar (33) and Rishi Chauhan (28), rushed to her house.

Kumar along with Rishi and few other neighbours managed catch hold of two of the robbers while the other two escaped.

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