Howrah: Four youths allegedly robbed a businessman of Rs 1 crore from his shop Belilius Road In Howrah on Tuesday afternoon.
When the taxi in which they were traveling got stuck in a traffic jam, the youths allegedly carrying firearms jumped out of the car and fled the spot.
The local people caught the trapped taxi driver and handed him over to the police.
the businessman Dilip Vermaone who deals iron and steel tradekept Rs 1 crore in his office for some payment. At around 10 in the morning, the youths entered his shop in the guise of buyers. While one of them was waiting outside, three others threatened to kill him if he did not pay the money. They were carrying bombs with revolvers.
“The youths tied me to a chair, tied my mouth and looted the entire cash,” Verma said. He told the police that he could not recognize any of the three youths who had entered his shop. Police also questioned Verma’s employees and checked their mobile phones and their call records to ascertain if there was any insider’s role in it. Robbery,
police recovered cctv footage Inside and outside Verma’s shop.
On questioning the driver, the police came to know that the taxi was hired by five youths of Howrah Maidan. One of them fell in the middle. The youths asked him to park a taxi a short distance away from the shop. The driver told police that he had no idea of their intention until they jumped out of his car, waved a revolver and a bomb.
A senior Howrah city police officer said, “We are examining the CCTV footage and tracking down some phone numbers. We are hopeful of getting success in this matter soon.” However, the incident created a serious stir with the shops of iron and steel merchants on Belilius Road in Howrah. Amit Agarwal, a trader, said, “We are doing business here. But no such dacoity has taken place in the recent past.”
When the taxi in which they were traveling got stuck in a traffic jam, the youths allegedly carrying firearms jumped out of the car and fled the spot.
The local people caught the trapped taxi driver and handed him over to the police.
the businessman Dilip Vermaone who deals iron and steel tradekept Rs 1 crore in his office for some payment. At around 10 in the morning, the youths entered his shop in the guise of buyers. While one of them was waiting outside, three others threatened to kill him if he did not pay the money. They were carrying bombs with revolvers.
“The youths tied me to a chair, tied my mouth and looted the entire cash,” Verma said. He told the police that he could not recognize any of the three youths who had entered his shop. Police also questioned Verma’s employees and checked their mobile phones and their call records to ascertain if there was any insider’s role in it. Robbery,
police recovered cctv footage Inside and outside Verma’s shop.
On questioning the driver, the police came to know that the taxi was hired by five youths of Howrah Maidan. One of them fell in the middle. The youths asked him to park a taxi a short distance away from the shop. The driver told police that he had no idea of their intention until they jumped out of his car, waved a revolver and a bomb.
A senior Howrah city police officer said, “We are examining the CCTV footage and tracking down some phone numbers. We are hopeful of getting success in this matter soon.” However, the incident created a serious stir with the shops of iron and steel merchants on Belilius Road in Howrah. Amit Agarwal, a trader, said, “We are doing business here. But no such dacoity has taken place in the recent past.”
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