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CHANDIGARH: A cashier astatine a aesculapian store successful Chandigarh’s Sector 11 was changeable dormant connected Saturday day aft 2 masked men allegedly opened occurrence wrong the shop.The victim, identified arsenic Janki Das, was earnestly injured successful the onslaught and was rushed to a hospital, wherever helium aboriginal succumbed to his injuries.According to police, the incidental took spot astir 2.30 p.m. erstwhile 2 masked men entered the aesculapian store and fired aggregate rounds astatine Das earlier fleeing. A 3rd accomplice was allegedly waiting extracurricular connected a motorcycle, and the trio escaped unneurotic aft the attack.Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sumer Pratap Singh said an probe had been initiated and constabulary were looking into each imaginable angles.
CCTV footage from the country is being collected, portion roadblocks person been placed crossed the metropolis to hint the accused.
SSP Sumer Pratap Singh said, "This incidental took spot contiguous astatine 2:30 PM. Two masked individuals arrived astatine the store here. They launched a barrage of gunfire astatine the shop's employee, Janki Das, and subsequently managed to fly the scene. An accomplice was waiting extracurricular connected a motorcycle, and each 3 of them escaped together.
The probe is presently astatine a precise preliminary stage. We are exploring each possibility.
"He further added, "The store proprietor hadn't received immoderate threats earlier this... He (Janki Das) has passed away. A full of thirteen rounds were fired... This idiosyncratic was a nonmigratory of Dhanas and worked arsenic a cashier astatine the shop.... The idiosyncratic connected the motorcycle did not travel inside. He was lasting outside. We are obtaining CCTV footage and gathering accusation astir him...
We person initiated roadblocks crossed the city, and we are making each effort to drawback them.
"Police said the motorcycle-borne accomplice did not participate the store and remained extracurricular during the shooting. Officials are examining CCTV footage and collecting details astir the attackers.The unfortunate was a nonmigratory of Dhanas and worked arsenic a cashier astatine the aesculapian store, constabulary said. The motive down the shooting is yet to beryllium established.
