Agra. On Saturday, in broad daylight in Agra’s Kamla Nagar, miscreants created a sensation by carrying out an audacious incident. Four armed miscreants who entered the branch of Manappuram Gold Loan Company took the staff hostage. From there, 17 kg of gold and five lakh rupees were looted. On getting information about the incident, other officers including SSP reached the spot. CCTV footage was scanned to trace the miscreants. On the basis of which the police have arrested two accused in the encounter in Etmadpur area. According to sources, looted items have also been recovered from the accused. In the encounter, the accused have been shot in the leg.
The incident is said to have happened around 1 pm. Gold Loan Company Manappuram Gold Loan Company has its office at Central Bank Road in Kamla Nagar. Four armed miscreants entered the company. As soon as he came inside, he took the staff present there hostage on the strength of a gun. They robbed all the gold ornaments present there by threatening to shoot them on raising noise. The miscreants stayed in the branch for about twenty minutes. During this, five lakh rupees cash kept there was also confiscated. After committing the crime, the miscreants fled after locking the employees of the company inside.
After the miscreants left, the employees somehow opened the outside gate with the help of the people around. On being informed, SSP Muniraj, SP City Botre Rohan Pramod and other officials reached the spot. The miscreants are said to have looted about 17 kg of gold jewelery. The police had blocked the road leading to Etmadpur after scanning the footage of CCTV cameras installed in the area to get clues of the miscreants.
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