Sundargarh: Some unidentified miscreants looted the son of a jewellery shop owner at gunpoint, Monday.
They also shot the youth dead and decamped with a bag of ornaments.
The deceased youth was identified as Rohit Verma.
According to police sources, the shop named Maa Mangala Jewelers is located near Bargaon bus stand and a few yards away from the local police station. Three armed and bike-borne miscreants confronted Rohit when he was about to open the shutter of the shop.
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They opened fire at him and decamped with his bag containing gold ornaments. Another person who tried to save Rohit also sustained a bullet injury in his thigh.
Rohit sustained grievous bullet injuries in his head and abdomen. The youth was rescued by locals and immediately rushed to a private hospital in Rourkela. Later, he succumbed to his death while undergoing treatment at the hospital, a police official stated.
On being informed, Bargaon police reached the mishap site. A gun was seized from the highway where it had fallen off the hands of the escaping miscreants. Police have registered a case in this connection and launched a detailed probe to nab the assailants.
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