MISCREANT FIRED ON MARBLE SHOP, SMASHED THE GLASS

MISCREANT FIRED ON MARBLE SHOP, SMASHED THE GLASS

31-AUG-ENG 5

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA------------------------Motorcycle borne armed miscreants fired indiscriminately on Warmora Marble Shop at Zero Mile under Udwantnagar police station in Bhojpur district in the evening on August 30, 2023 and unleashed a reign of terror in the area. The shopkeeper and all the employees survived narrowly though the glass of the shop was smashed. Later the miscreants escaped from the scene waving arms. On information, the SHO Udwantnagar police station Awadhesh Kumar arrived at the incident site and started investigating the matter.

SHO Udwanatnagar police station Awadhesh Kumar said that a friend of the shopkeeper had some argel-burgle with a person on the road in front of the Warmora Marble Shop in the evening on August 30, 2023. He was trying to get the matter subsided after the collision in between two motorcycles but one of motorcycle owner embroiled with him. He later came to the shop. After 15 minute, the miscreant also entered the shop and fired and went away from the scene waving the arms in the air. The miscreant had come Tetaria Mor and ran away towards Zero Mile after the incident. Old enmity is said to be the cause behind the incident.

The SHO further said that the CCTV footage showed that one miscreant was firing indiscriminately smashing the glass of the shop while the other footage of the CCTV showed that about half a dozen persons were sitting on the counter of the shop. As the firing started, they started running hither and thither to save themselves. The police recovered six blank cartridges from the incident site.

Vikas Kumar, owner of the shop said that motorcycle borne two armed miscreants came on a while colour Apache motorcycle when he was in his shop. A pillion rider wearing yellow colour T-Shirt got down from the motorcycle and started indiscriminate firing smashing the glass of the shop though he and other employees of the shop survived narrowly. He further said that he had not enmity with anyone.

Sources said that Digvijay Singh of Tetariya village was coming towards Zero Mile from his house on a motorcycle when two motorcycles collided and he tried to admonish them and two persons on a motorcycle embroiled with him but the matter was subsided. He came to marble shop. After some times, the miscreants came there and fired indiscriminately.

Bhojpur SP Pramod Kumar Yadav said that police are investigating the matter and the police got all the pictures of the CCTV footage and assured that the miscreants would be arrested very soon.