Masked Bandits Strike: Jewel Heist and Gunfire Shake Jamtara
Bike-borne criminals in masks looted a jewellery shop in Jharkhand's Jamtara town, shooting the owner who resisted. The incident, involving four robbers, led to the shopkeeper being hospitalized in critical condition. Police are examining CCTV footage and investigating to arrest the culprits.
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In a brazen daytime robbery, masked criminals on motorcycles targeted a jewellery shop in Jamtara, Jharkhand, leaving the owner with serious injuries after he attempted to resist. The perpetrators, armed and dangerous, managed to flee the scene with stolen jewels.
Jamtara district Superintendent of Police Rajkumar Mehta reported that the four suspects entered under the guise of customers before initiating the armed assault, which resulted in the shopkeeper sustaining gunshot wounds to the stomach and neck.
Local business leaders, like Sanjay Agarwal of the Jamtara Chamber of Commerce, have expressed outrage, calling for the prompt arrest of the criminals and organizing a shop closure in protest. Authorities are actively reviewing security footage and examining forensic evidence to track down the assailants.

