A 35-year-old cloth
store owner was shot dead by unidentified men near Dhaka village of Guhiajori locality in Dumka district last evening, police today said.
The victim Sanjay Bhalotia was returning home in Dumka on motorcycle after collection from his clients at Karbindha village under Ramgarh police station area when he was intercepted by the motorcycle-borne miscreants, who shot him dead, Superintendent of Police Prabhat Kumar said.
Kumar did not rule out the possibility that the miscreants have looted the money and the mobile phone of Bhalotia, a resident of Naya Para Mohalla in Dumka, before fleeing from the spot.
Kumar, however, said police has started investigation from all possible angle.
The SP said three teams of police have been formed to apprehend the culprits after a case was registered in this connection.
Meanwhile, Shops and market were downed their shutter following a bandh call given today by Dumka Chamber of Commerce and Industry in protest against the incident.
Shiyaram Ghadiya, the Patron of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said the business community were feeling insecure following the incident and downed their shutter spontaneously to express solidarity with the deceased kin.
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