Trader looted at gunpoint in Pratapgarh

Prayagraj: Unidentified miscreants looted a trader at gun point, when he was on his way on a two-wheeler to Shaheed Udyan Park for a morning walk on Saturday. The incident occured on Bhagwa Kutchery road under Kotwali police station in Pratapgarh district. The miscreants managed to take away a gold chain, rings and a bracelet worth thousand of rupees.
CO (city) Abhay Pandey said that the victim, Baljeet Singh is a cloth trader and a resident of Old Maal Godam road.At around 5.30am, he was on his way to Shaheed Udyan Park for morning walk when three bik-borne miscreants waylaid him on Bhagwa Kutchery road in Balipur and robbed him at gunpoint.
As soon as Baljeet informed the police, district police set up a cordon using police personnel of various police stations and even deployed members of its SWAT team but in vain. “A case has been registered and a number of suspects have been detained,” the CO said.