TAXILA: A man was shot and injured during a botched robbery in a house at Nawababad area in the limits of Wah Saddar police on Saturday evening.

Malik Amriaz spotted three suspicious men in his house searching for valuables.

As he tried to overpower one of the intruders, the armed men shot him and escaped.

In another incident, thieves broke into the house of Haji Riasat and took away gold ornaments and other valuables.