Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Feb 10: Three pistol-borne gunmen looted over Rs 1.59 lakhs from a petrol pump in Shopian district of South Kashmir while burglars broke open donation box at venerated shrine of Hazrat Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani in Khanyar area of Srinagar and decamped with unknown amount of cash last night.
A police official said that 3 pistol-borne men forcibly took away cash amounting to Rs 159021 during night hours from a filling station at Harmain in Southern Shopian district. He said a case has been registered and investigations taken up after a complaint was filed with the concerned police station.
Meanwhile, burglars broke the donation box at the shrine of Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani, popularly known as ‘Dastgeer Sahib’ and decamped with the unknown amount of cash donated by the people.
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