In a case of daring robbery in broad day light, an unknown assailant robbed away gold ornaments from a jewellery showroom after openly fire at the showroom salesman, leaving him badly injured at Sector-22, Chandigarh on Monday morning. The incident took place just 100 meters away from the police post.
The incident took place in the busy area of Sector-22 market at around 11.20 am at Karan jewelers. “I heard a gunshot fire sound from Karan Jewelers and noticed a 25-year-old boy, in white T-short, running with a black coloured bag towards the residential area of Sector-22. When I rushed to the shop, Sonu, who worked as a sales executive in the shop, was lying in a pool of blood,” said Ishminder Singh, owner of a shop nearby.
Ishminder then informed the owner of Karan jeweler and also to the local police. The victim was rushed to Inscol hospital at Sector-34, by owner of the shop, where the condition of Sonu is critical.
A PCR van, area DSP Ashish Kapoor and SSP Sukhchain Singh Gill reached the spot and a case has been registered by Chandigarh police.
The police have recovered footage of the CCTV camera in the shop. Accused in the matter was carrying two pistols and it was a preplanned robbery, said Sukhchain Singh Gill, SSP.
As per the CCTV footage, a man, wearing brown cap, entered the shop and asked for a bracelet from Sonu. After a while, Sonu went to check the weight of the bracelet as the accused had asked him to check it. While Sonu was checking its weight, the accused tried to fire a gunshot but due to some reasons, the bullet did not fire. However when the salesman went back to him, the robber used his second gun and fired a bullet on him, but Sonu had a lucky escape as the bullet slipped and only touched his head” added SSP.
After the incident, the robber ran away with three boxes of ornaments from the shop. Total cost of the stolen ornaments is yet to be ascertained..
Police sources said that the sketch of accused from CCTV footage will be released soon.
SSP Suhchain Singh Gill said “Police post In-charge of sector 22, Jaspal Singh, has been sent to the police lines. The action was taken as the In-charge was briefed about security arrangements around the market as majority of the shops are jewellery shops.”