Unidentified miscreants struck terror in Jaunpur when they opened fire burst at a petrol pump critically injuring three persons including the owner Abhay Shankar Yadav (35) and two of his staff members, in the wee hours of Monday.
The sensational shoot out took place just as the owner refused to pay extortion money demanded by some criminals.
The incident also exposed the police negligence in providing security cover to the victims despite of their repeated request applications in this regard.
However, no action has been taken against any of the policemen.
The senior officers who reached the spot claimed to have got a case registered and were making efforts to trace out the criminals and to lay a trap on them.
Reports said that in June last, some criminals made a call on the mobile number of Abhay Shankar Yadav, owning of Petrol pump at Baderi hamlet of Barsathi area of Jaunpur.
The caller demanded money as extortion for providing shelter against the local goons and had also threatened, that in case of non payment, then they (owner) and other Staff members should get ready to face the consequences. Sources said that Yadav not made any payment as extortion but informed the local police about the call. He also sought security cover besides asking for action against the criminals who made the extortion call.
Reports further said that annoyed with non payment of extortion as well as informing the matter to the police, the criminals made some more similar calls but after finding that the owner was not ready to pay any money, they finally struck at his petrol pump in the wee hours of Monday.
The miscreants opened indiscriminate fire critically injuring Yadav along with two other staff members identified as Premlal Pathak and Ram Sewak Sharma. Finding that the entire act has been recorded in the Close Circuit Television (CCTv) installed in the petrol pump, the criminals also looted the camera before fleeing from the spot. Earlier also the criminal shot at another trader in the same area after they two refused to pay ransom. A case has been registered and further investigations are on.