Traders downed their shutters in Siyaganj on Friday in protest against the murder of a hardware tool businessman and murderous attack on his son last night. While main market in Siyaganj remained closed till 2 pm on Friday as a market of protest, the people of Bohra community throughout the city kept their business establishments closed throughout the day.
On Friday, a large number of people from Bohra community led by Shabbirbhai Bagwala, Joharbhai Machinarywala, Johar Manpurwwala, Babubhai Mahidpurwala, Bakir Kudrati, Burhan Sakruwala, Tahirbhai Sethjiwla, Firozbhai Cyclewala came on to the streets of Siyaganj since early morning and raised slogans against the police administration. The community people also demanded hanging of the accused.
later in the day, the community people also gheraoed Central Kotwali police station and submitted a memorandum to SP Abid Khan demanding immediate arrest of the accused. A delegation of the people also met Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and submitted him a memorandum complaining about poor policing in the city and action against criminal elements of the region.
On account of closure of shops, no business transactions took place in Siyaganj, the whole-sale grocery market of the city in the first half of the day. A large number of police force had been deputed at the shop in the locality where the incident had taken place last night.
last night at around 9.30 pm, some unidentified arrived at the shop of a hardware businessman Zakir Hussain (65) and pointing a revolver on his head, force him to open his shop. Apparently taken aback, Zakir opened and started showing goods to the accused. In the meantime, one of the accused started taking cash from the shelf of the shop.
When Zakir Hussain resisted, another accused stabbed him with knife, inflicting severe injuries. Zakir Hussain’s son Murtaza (27) who was also present there sensing trouble for his father intervened but he too was stabbed by the miscreants who after taking a cash of Rs 7,000 from the shop fled.
In the meantime, nearby shop owners hearing an alarm of the both father and the son, rushed to the incident site. Seeing both Zakir and his son injured, they rushed them to MY hospital where the doctors pronounced Zakir as brought dead.