PATNA: Three
bike-borne criminals looted SS Jewellers shop on busy
Bakarganj road under
Kadamkuan police station area in Patna on Friday. The value of the looted ornaments could not be ascertained. One of the criminals was nabbed by the shopkeepers while the other two escaped.
The one nabbed was identified as
Sadhu. He was being interrogated by the
Gandhi Maidan police. One pistol and some of the looted jewellery were recovered from his possession.
This is the second such incident in the state capital within three days.
The criminals had shot at the owner of a jewellery shop in
Rajeev Nagar area on Wednesday for his refusal to pay Rs5 lakh as extortion.
The
Bakarganj shopkeepers downed their shutters in protest and threatened to launch an agitation if the looted jewellery was not recovered and the criminals arrested.