Edited by Shubham Sharma; Varanasi
The land of Hindu golden
temple (well known Kashiviswanath) is now insecure. Gold, silver and diamonds
worth 10 crore Rupees on Saturday evening were looted on guns-point from
Sitaram jewelers, situated in Thatheri Bazzar under Chowk police station, by
the some robbers in Varanasi. The report says that it is a biggest incident of loot
in Varanasi which is the parliamentary constituency of PM Modi and a pilgrimage
spot 301 kilometer away from state capital Uttar Pradesh.
According to police, two men entered as customers and said show
the locket; meanwhile four more accomplices barged into the shop. The
miscreants threatened at guns-point to Sanjey, the owner, and more servants who
were present there; smashed the CCTV camera and DVR by hitting on the ground.
They broke
the mobile phones on the scaring on the strength of weapons. They fled with
their black colored bag filled with the valuables of the showcase, locker and almirah
in the shop.
Police have said that it is not yet estimated how much damage has
been done in the loot. But according to initial assessment including more than
4 Kg of Gold and Diamond-Panna, other valuable gems were looted which price is estimated to be around
Rs 10 crores.
It is said that Sitaram
jewels are one of the biggest firms in the city and its business is spread around
whole Purvanchal to Bihar.
IG zone, N Ravindra,
SSP in charge, Ashish Tiwari, SP city Rajesh Yadav, STF and crime branch team
reached to the incident spot. The crime branch team is searching into CCTV
footage of nearby shops.
