Crime in Bihar shows no sign of stopping. Cases of robberies, murders and robberies keep coming to light every day. The criminals have become so bold that they are carrying out incidents day and night without any fear. A recent case is that of Ara. Where armed assailants shot and injured two persons during a robbery at Balu Ghat late on Monday night.
The incident took place at 18 (B) Balu Ghat of Kaji Chowk village in Sandesh Police Station area of ​​the district. It is being said that both the injured have been admitted to a private hospital in Babu Bazar for treatment in critical condition. Police station in-charge Santosh Kumar reached the spot as soon as he got the information about the incident. Meanwhile, the police also seized cartridges and shells from the spot. Now the police have started investigation in this matter.
Robbery incident caught on CCTV
The incident of looting and shooting by the criminals has been captured in the CCTV cameras installed at Balu Ghat. In the video, it can be clearly seen that four masked criminals arrive at Reti Ghat. Two of them are holding a rifle and one is holding a stick. After this, the armed criminals started firing continuously and fled after looting two steel boxes, a bag containing a printer and a laptop.
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The victims were doing loading work.
As for the injured, one of them is 20-year-old Sonu Kumar, a resident of Bhimpura village in Ajimabad police station area, while the other is 27-year-old Mukesh Kumar Gupta, a resident of Saraiya village in Sandesh police station area. Both of them work in loading vehicles on sand ghats. The injured Mukesh said that he works to bring in vehicles coming from outside at 18 (B) Sand Ghat in Kazichak village. After loading they get money as commission.
Criminal absconded with laptop, printer, bag
He further stated that on Monday night he was filling sand on the vehicle at Balu Ghat and issuing challan. Meanwhile, six armed criminals came there and put a rifle on his temple, when he protested, they shot him. After that, all the criminals entered the room built on the sand bar and fired about twenty rounds and also shot one of his friends who was in the room. After this, the criminals fled with a laptop, printer, bag and two steel boxes.
The condition of both the injured is stable
Dr. Vikas Singh, the surgeon treating the injured, said that one of the injured was shot on the head and the other on the right shoulder and left leg, on the thigh. Both have now been operated on to remove the bullets and repair the damaged parts. Currently, both the injured will be kept under observation.
Two criminals arrested with weapons
In this case, Bhojpur SP Pramod Kumar said that on the night of August 12 and 13, 4-5 criminals opened fire at a sand ghat counter in Kazichak under Sandesh police station in Bhojpur district during a robbery, in which two people were killed. Injured police have arrested two accused with arms and cartridges. Raids are being conducted to identify and arrest other accused.
