Moga Jewellery Shop Owner Shot Dead on Camera, Gold Ornaments Worth ‘Rs 1 Crore’ Looted

A jewelry store proprietor in Punjab’s Moga district was shot lifeless, whereas the gold ornaments at his retailer have been looted at gun level by 5 unidentified males. the police is but to substantiate the worth of the stolen ornaments.

The incident befell in Ramganj Mandi space round 2 pm on Monday when 5 males – three armed with pistols and two with sharp-edged weapons – entered the store on pretext of buying jewelry.

“The 5 males mentioned they needed to purchase ornaments and started trying. After some time, when a variety of jewelry bins have been positioned on the counter, they pulled out weapons… asking us handy over the jewelry to them. The proprietor tried to alarm folks by shouting, after they opened fireplace, and shot the proprietor within the abdomen… he collapsed, they usually made away with the gold ornaments,” a salesman current on the store was quoted as saying by Hindustan Occasions.

Police mentioned that the deceased have been recognized as 42-year-old Parminder Singh, often known as Vicky, who was shot within the abdomen. He was rushed to the civil hospital in Moga, from the place he was referred to Ludhiana’s Dayanand Medical Faculty and Hospital – virtually an hour away, the place medical doctors declared him introduced lifeless.

Police additional mentioned that the proprietor of the neighbouring store took Singh to the civil hospital and knowledgeable the officers.

Singh’s household alleged that the looted gold ornaments have been value Rs 1 crore, even because the police continues to be going by the shop data to establish the worth of the stolen items.

The HT report quoted Moga senior superintendent of police, J Elanchezian, as saying that the theft was recorded on the CCTV digicam put in within the store and cops have retrieved photographs of the accused.

The Moga police additionally launched footage of accused and urged residents to instantly inform SSP Moga on cell phone quantity ‘9478068798’, if they’ve any details about the robbers.

“5 folks have been concerned within the theft. Two bullets have been fired by the accused, one in every of which hit the store proprietor, who died throughout therapy… efforts are on to nab the accused,” Elanchezian was quoted, including that additional investigation is underway.