This story is from January 30, 2022

Bihar: Ornaments worth Rs 5 lakh looted in Siwan

Robbers allegedly fled with ornaments worth Rs 5 lakh from a jewellery shop in Chanchaura Bazar under the Maharajganj police station area of Siwan district on Saturday.
Bihar: Ornaments worth Rs 5 lakh looted in Siwan
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PATNA: Robbers allegedly fled with ornaments worth Rs 5 lakh from a jewellery shop in Chanchaura Bazar under the Maharajganj police station area of Siwan district on Saturday.
They committed the crime by detonating bombs and firing indiscriminately in a crowded market, then fleeing the scene.
According to police sources, six robbers arrived on two motorcycles near the jewellery shop.
While three entered the shop, the rest waited outside. The hoodlums threatened the shopowner, Sushil Kumar Sah, with a gun and fled with gold ornaments worth Rs 5 lakh after 20 minutes. A few customers were also present in the shop at the time of the incident.
Cops from the Maharajganj police station and DSP Polast Kumar arrived on the scene and immediately began investigating the case. Sushil told them that the miscreants had threatened to murder him if he protested the shop robbery.
The DSP stated that a police team was examining several closed-circuit television cameras installed in the market.
1 lakh snatched from man: Two unidentified miscreants on a motorcycle allegedly robbed a 60-year-old man of Rs 1.01 lakh in Rahmatganj locality under the Masaurhi police station area of Patna district on Saturday morning. Surendra Singh, a Masaurhi resident, was identified as the victim.
According to sources, Surendra was returning home around 10.44am after withdrawing Rs 1.01 lakh from a Bank of India branch in Masaurhi. Two criminals on a bike snatched the bag as the victim walked. The latter stated that his bag contained fixed deposit papers, two passbooks, and an Aadhaar card. He filed a case against unidentified individuals at the Masaurhi police station in this regard.
SHO Ranjeet Kumar said, “Following the report of the loot, we inspected the closed-circuit television cameras installed near the scene of the incident. We have received no leads in the case thus far, as the miscreants’ faces were covered. We are investigating the incident from every angle, and the perpetrators will be arrested shortly.”
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