Trader shot at, looted of Rs 4 lakh cash at weekly bazaar
Gumla: A trader, Ramkumar Sahu (36), was shot at and looted of Rs 4 lakh cash at the Kansir weekly bazaar under Raidih police station limits in Gumla district on Friday. Five armed miscreants appeared at the haat at 11 am when Sahu was there.
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They snatched Rs 4 lakh while opening fire at him, police said.
Paddy trader Sahu, a resident of Tirra village, went to Kansir weekly bazaar to buy paddy from farmers when the incident took place. Officer in-charge of Raidih police station, Kundan Kumar Singh, said, "They fired one shot at him after he resisted snatching bid. The bullet pierced out of his body. He has been referred to Rims from local health centre and is out of danger."
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