Overview
- The robbery took place Thursday evening when jeweller Sujeet Seth was overtaken on the Chakia–Mughalsarai road, pushed from his motorcycle, shot in the hand and robbed of a bag of silver ornaments.
- Seth, 45, who owns a gold and silver shop near Manoharpur, was admitted to hospital and is reported to be out of danger.
- Three unidentified men riding the same motorcycle carried out the attack and fled the scene with the stolen silver.
- Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar police have opened an investigation and are reviewing CCTV from the area; no arrests have been reported so far.
- The case reflects a pattern of rapid motorcycle grab-and-flee robberies in the region and could prompt tighter local patrols and faster CCTV checks as police seek to trace the suspects.