Crime against the business community continued unabated in the state with a jeweller being robbed of cash and killed in Bhogaon area of Mainpuri on Thursday night.
Recently in Mathura, two jewellers were gunned down and ornaments worth several crore rupees were robbed while earlier this week, a leading pulse trader, his wife and son were sprayed with bullets and the killers looted a bag containing cash in Sitapur.
In Mainpuri, jeweller Rajesh Verma (40) was returning home after closing his shop in Pipal Mandi Chhota Bazar around 9 pm on Thursday when he was intercepted by three bike-borne youths. The miscreants tried to snatch his bag and as he resisted, he was shot and robbed. The critically injured Verma was rushed to district hospital where he succumbed. An FIR was lodged in this connection by his family at Bhogaon police station said that the looted bag contained Rs 20 lakh and gold and silver jewellery.
SSP, Mainpuri, Rajesh S said that teams have been formed to workout the case.
In Ghaziabad, two persons were killed while three others seriously injured when two groups came to a head over an old political dispute.
As per reports, Gajendra of Shahpur Bamheta locality of Kavinagar area had a dispute with Babu during the last Panchayat poll. The two along with their supporters clashed with each other several times since then. On Friday morning, Gajendra baacked by Amit Yadav, Titu, Kapil, Akash, Devendra, Nikki, Phoolkunwar and others suddenly attacked the rival group. As the other party started pelting stones, Gajendra and his associates opened indiscriminate fire in which Babu was critically injured while two of his supporters Jugni and Jogendra were killed on the spot. Two other villagers were also injured in the attack.
The injured were rushed to a hospital and the police was informed after which they reached the spot and raied several places. The cops later arrested Phoolkunwar, Akash and Devendra while efforts were underway to nab the remaining culprits. The bodies were sent for autopsy.
Meanwhile in another bizarre killing reported from Asmoli area of Sambhal, a 55-year-old woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her son for her refusal to give him cash for buying liquor on Thursday evening.
The woman was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors pronounced her dead upon arrival. The police has launched a manhunt to arrest the accused.