Satish Sharma
Motihari : Armed criminals kidnapped a jeweller Om Prakash Sarraf at 10 pm on Wednesday near a petrol pump at Pachpakadi under the same police station in East Champaran district when he was returning to his native village Bhandar on his motorcycle after closing his shop at Pachpakadi market near Sheohar district border.
As soon Sarraf reached near petrol pump on Pachpakadi –Bhandar road, a Bolero jeep blocked his way. About six criminals came out from the bolero and forced Sarraf to sit in it and sped away towards Dhaka in breakneck speed. It was raining at the time and no one was on road.
Pachpakadi police station ASI Ramesh Kumar said that the police rushed to the spot and found Sarraf’s motorcycle Sarraf lying there. DSP, Sikrahna, Bambam Chaudhary, also visited the place of occurrence. East Champaran SP Jitendra Rana said that raids were on and each vehicle was being searched in the area and on the border of Sheohar .
The kidnappers are yet to be arrested though. The businessmen of Pachpakadi , Bhandar and Dhaka on Thursday protested the deterioration in law and order.
One Mithilesh Kumar, a spice trader, at Pachpakadi market was looted and beaten up by criminals on Tuesday night when he was returning to village Sorpaniya on his motorcycle. He was intercepted by criminals near Pachpakadi. The criminals looted him and threw him on road flank after tying his legs and hands . Police recovered him and admitted to Dhaka referral hospital.
On Tuesday night itself, Dhananjay Kumar , a big businessman of Gola road , Muzaffarpurpur, was intercepted by a gang of criminals near glass factory near Piprakothi under the same police station on NH28 Motihari -Muzaffarpur road. The criminals looted Rs 6 lakh cash , motorcycle , cellphone and other valuables from him at gun point . The incident of loot is common at this place and Wednesday night incident was 13th incident of loot in last one year . The police recovered the looted motorcycle of Dhananjay from a field near Jiwdhara on Thursday. Similarly, on Wednesday, criminals looted Rs 15,000 cash from Mohammad Masul near Chakiya market when he was returning
home from Chakiya with his family members .
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