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The victim said that Deepak and his three companions entered the shop and tried to steal Santosh Singh’s jewellery. When I tried to resist, they shot me in the mouth. Not only this, when the girl raised an alarm, they shot her dead.
The condition of the shopkeeper is critical.
– Photo : Amar Ujala
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Criminals shot a shopkeeper and his niece in Bela village of Sitamarhi district, adjacent to the India-Nepal border. The niece died in this. The shopkeeper is in critical condition. The incident took place at Shrirampur Chowk in Bela police station area. The criminals had come to commit the crime on Thursday midnight. A young man and an 8-year-old girl were shot in the incident. Both were admitted to a private nursing home in Sitamarhi for treatment. However, the girl died during this time. The young man is undergoing treatment in critical condition. Panic has spread in the area since the firing incident.
The shooter is his nephew
The injured in the incident has been identified as Santosh Sah, resident of Shrirampur Chowk. The deceased woman has been identified as Sakshi Kumari, 8-year-old niece of the injured. Police, who arrived on the information of the incident, are investigating the matter. The body of the deceased has been sent to Sitamarhi Sadar Hospital for post-mortem. There is an uproar among the relatives of the deceased. It is being told that the youth who shot Deepak Kumar seems to be the nephew of the injured. He deals in drugs and alcohol in the village.
After the murder, the jewelry was also looted
The victim shopkeeper said that I wear a gold pendant around my neck. Like every day, he was sleeping in the shop after having dinner with his wife. Meanwhile, his niece also came to the shop to sleep. At midnight, Deepak and his three companions entered the shop and tried to take out Santosh Singh’s jewellery. When I resisted, they shot me in the mouth. Not only this, when the girl made noise, they shot her dead and beat up the wife and injured her. They also looted 30 grams of gold jewellery from her neck. After the incident, all the miscreants fled from the spot. After which a crowd of people started gathering. In a hurry, everyone was admitted to a private nursing home in Sitamarhi for treatment. Where the doctors declared Sakshi dead. At present, the police of Bela police station has reached the hospital and the spot and started investigating the matter.