Stamp vendor robbed of cash worth Rs 4 lakhIBNLive.comPTI | 01:07 PM,Jul 21,2011 Ghaziabad, Jul 21 (PTI) A stamp vendor was robbed of Rs four lakh near Nehru nagar stadium here, police said today. Prabhu Dayal, a resident of Hapur, was on his way to a treasury to buy stamps …
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