This Article is From Feb 26, 2013

Two jewellers shot dead by armed robbers in Uttar Pradesh

Ballia (Uttar Pradesh): Two jewellers were killed and another injured after a gang of robbers fired at them and looted them of their bag of jewellery in Gadwar area in Ballia, police said on Wednesday.

40-year-old Vinod, his brother Munna and nephew Ajit were shot by the armed robbers, who looted their bag containing jewellery, on Tuesday night at Khadika Crossing, Additional Superintendent of Police Ashok Tripathi said.

Ajit died at the district hospital on Tuesday night, while Munna succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday morning at a hospital in Varanasi, Tripathi said.

Vinod's condition is said to be critical, he added. Inspector Ramashray Bharati of the Gadwar police station has been suspended with immediate effect for laxity in duty, he said.

The value of the looted jewellery is yet to be ascertained.

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