Fearless criminals once again robbed a jewellery showroom in broad daylight in Haridwar. Robbers broke into Shri Balaji Jewellers here and fled after looting jewellery worth crores. The masked armed criminals entered the showroom and first used chilli powder. Due to which all the staff became unconscious. After that they fled with gold worth crores of rupees. The incident of robbery in broad daylight has created panic in the city. As soon as the information of the incident was received, the police reached the spot and started investigation.
Enraged by this incident, the traders reached the spot and shouted slogans and expressed their anger. It is being told that the miscreants created an atmosphere of terror by spraying pepper spray and firing in the air and carried out the robbery. At present, the police is looking at all the CCTV footage installed nearby.
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SSP said the miscreants will be arrested soon
SSP Pramod Singh Dobal says that on Sunday, between 1.15 and 1.30 pm, a robbery took place at Balaji Jewelers. In which five miscreants carried out the robbery in the jewellery shop and looted jewellery worth around Rs 5 crore. All five people were seen coming on a scooter and a motorcycle and we will soon take strict action in this matter.
In this case, Neeraj Gupta, President of Jewelers Association, Haridwar Panchpuri, says that Shri Balaji Jewelers is located at Ranipur turn. Robbery has taken place there. The miscreants sprayed chilli spray and made the jewellery staff unconscious and looted crores of rupees. Such an incident has happened in Haridwar earlier also. Then the miscreants had robbed Mora Tara Jewelers Shankar Ashram. Even after that, the administration and police are not doing anything for the safety of the jewelers.
Another businessman Anil Puri says that I was informed that some incident has happened there. When I reached there, the miscreants were running away. Then their manager said that they are leaving. I followed them and they showed me a pistol. Their vehicle number was of Haryana. There were three people on the bike. The person sitting in the middle was carrying a black bag.
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