Traders community feels the heat of deteriorating law and order situation in the State, when a automobile dealer was robbed in Bijnore, another looted in Chandauli, besides sensational robberies in the house of jewelers in Pratapgarh and Kanpur Dehat. local police in all the four cases registered a case and claimed to be working to trace out the culprits involved in it.
In broad daylight loot at Pratapgarh, nine unidentified armed miscreants barged inside a jewellery shop owned by Neeraj, at Ramganj locality of Devsara in Aaspur police station circle, on Wednesday morning. Posing themselves as customers, the accused asked the salesmen to show them ornaments and later waving arms and ammunitions in their hands. they swept cash and jewellery worth several lakh rupees. later when some employee to challenge the robbers, they opened fire to terrorise him and escaped with the looted booty on three motorcycles. A hunt was later launched by local police but they failed to make any breakthrough after which a case has been registered.
In Kanpur Dehat, over half a dozen armed miscreants sneaked into the house of a jeweler, Raja Singh, hailing from Mansingh Dera locality of Sikendra, in the late night on Tuesday. When Raja Singh’s brother Bhadhur tried to challenge the robbers and made efforts to foil their bid, they opened fire in which Bhadhur was critically injured. The criminals than looted Rs 3.25 lakh in cash and gold and silver worth over 2.25 kilograms, and escaped. While fleeing from the spot, the criminals again opened fire when some villagers tried to lay a trap on them. Abhay Singh and Channilal, both received bullet injuries in the fire. All the three injured were shifted to Hellet hospital in Kanpur and a case has been registered in this regard.
In Bijnor, an owner of a two-wheeler vehicle agency was allegedly robbed of Rs 11 lakh cash on Wednesday morning by three bike-borne assailants. According to reports, Rajeev Agrawal was robbed of Rs 11 lakh cash when he was returning home in a car from his Najibabad situated agency, claimed local police adding, he was accompanied by his son and driver. The assailants intercepted Agrawal’s car and beat up the three and looted the cash, the cops disclosed while confirming no headway into the matter.
lastly in Chandauli, Zubair Ahmed, owning Passion Shoe shop opposite Transit Hostel under Kotwali police station, claimed to have withdrawn Rs 6 lakh from Union Bank of India’s local branch on Wednesday afternoon. When he was returning home, two motorcycle borne miscreants suddenly intercepted him and threatening him at gun point, they looted cash and escaped. A case has been registered in this regard and efforts were made to trace out the identity of the accused and nab them.