The miscreants looted Rs 2.5 lakh cash besides gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 20 lakh from the traders. This is the third incident of a businessman being murdered this week in Bihar. Earlier, a prominent trader of Patna had been killed on Tuesday night while another businessman was shot dead in Vaishali district the same night. Police sources said Avtar Singh, a resident of Krishna Nagar of Taran Taran Road under Amritsar, was a reputed supplier of gold and silver ornaments to Saran-based jewellery shops and wholesalers. However, Saran range DIG Ajit Kumar Rai confirmed the incident and Sarvajit was out of danger.

Source: Hindustan Times November 24, 2017 17:26 UTC