Shopkeeper shot in Patna City: Dispute over money, criminals shot 3; serious condition

File photo of Vipul Kumar.

Criminals gunned down a scrap shopkeeper late on Wednesday evening near Badi Pahadi located in Agam Kuan of Patna City. The seriously injured youth was admitted to Nidhi Nursing Home with the help of local people and police. After the incident, there was an atmosphere of chaos in the entire area. Police reached the spot after getting information about the incident and recovered two bullet casings from the spot.

The relatives of the injured youth said that after committing the incident, the criminals ran away after looting 11 lakh rupees kept in the shop, while the police, while denying the incident of looting in this case, told about the mutual transaction.

Relatives reached the hospital.

It is being told about the incident that Vipul Sah was sitting at his shop. In this sequence, about 6 number of criminals reached his shop. As soon as they reached the shop, the criminals started fighting with Vipul Kumar. In the same sequence, two criminals took out pistols from their waist and opened fire on Vipulkumar.

Vipul’s family members told that the criminals fired three bullets at Vipul and after executing the incident, the criminals escaped waving the pistol comfortably. As soon as the information of the incident was received, there was an atmosphere of chaos. The local people informed about this to Agam Kuan police station. Police reached the spot after getting the information and recovered two bullet casings from the spot. Patna City Police Sub-Divisional Officer Amit Ranjan said that the matter seems to be of mutual transaction. He told that the police is probing the whole matter in depth.