In a sensational daylight shoot-out, a leading merchant was sprayed with bullets inside his shop in Gorakhpur on Monday. Agitated with the killing, hundreds of traders held a demonstration demanding action against the culprits.
The protest ended only top police officers reached the spot and got a case registered and formed teams to track and nab the killers. Butno arrests were reported till late Monday night.
As per reports, Dinesh Gupta owned a hardware shop in Naya Bazar area of Jagaah and was sitting inside his shop on Monday afternoon when three unidentified men barged inside. Before Gupta could sense danger, they fired a volley of bullets critically injuring him. While fleeing the scene, the assailants fired at least a dozen shots in the air to shake the local traders off their tail.
later, the critically injured Gupta was rushed to a hospital where doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival.
The news of Gupta’s death spread like wild fire and within no time, hundreds of traders converged at the scene and started a demonstration. They raised slogans against the government for failing to provide security to trading community.
Senior officers later reached the spot and managed to convince the protesters to call off their stir. The police claimed that the killing was a fall out of a property dispute and efforts were beinf mad to nab the killers.