<p>A 20-year-old goldsmith was shot dead by unidentified men for resisting a robbery bid in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh on Tuesday. Police have been unable to identify the culprits who also made away with 700 grams of gold.<br /><br />Following the incident, dozens of local businessmen staged a protest in the area and outside Karol Bagh police station. Some of them also pelted stones.<br />Police said they brought the situation quickly under control.<br /><br />Police have found two CCTV cameras installed outside a jewellery shop just below the building where the robbery-cum-murder took place.<br /><br />Police said they hope to find some clues about the assailants’ identities based on the footage.<br />Victim Milind Manjhi was a native of Kolkata. He and four others used to manufacture jewellery for a Kolkata-based jeweller.<br /><br />They worked and lived in the manufacturing unit on the fourth floor of the building on street nmber 37 of Beadonpura in Karol Bagh.</p>.<p><br />The murder took place around 10.30 pm on Tuesday while Manjhi and his colleagues were making jewellery. <br /><br />“Three men suddenly barged into the manufacturing unit and demanded that all the gold be handed over to them. One was armed with a gun while two others carried knives,” a police officer told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />Manjhi resisted when one of them tried to snatch some gold in his possession. That turned into a scuffle between Manjhi and that robber following which the suspect’s colleague pulled him away.<br />But even as they were fleeing, one of them pulled out a pistol and shot Manjhi in his forehead. They also took away the gold.<br /><br />Manjhi was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead.<br />Police have registered a murder case and begun questioning people, including the surviving employees of the unit.<br /><br />Local traders protested<br />The local traders, meanwhile, gathered on street number 37 on Wednesday and protested. They alleged that police have done little despite four robberies since February on that particular street.<br /></p>
<p>A 20-year-old goldsmith was shot dead by unidentified men for resisting a robbery bid in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh on Tuesday. Police have been unable to identify the culprits who also made away with 700 grams of gold.<br /><br />Following the incident, dozens of local businessmen staged a protest in the area and outside Karol Bagh police station. Some of them also pelted stones.<br />Police said they brought the situation quickly under control.<br /><br />Police have found two CCTV cameras installed outside a jewellery shop just below the building where the robbery-cum-murder took place.<br /><br />Police said they hope to find some clues about the assailants’ identities based on the footage.<br />Victim Milind Manjhi was a native of Kolkata. He and four others used to manufacture jewellery for a Kolkata-based jeweller.<br /><br />They worked and lived in the manufacturing unit on the fourth floor of the building on street nmber 37 of Beadonpura in Karol Bagh.</p>.<p><br />The murder took place around 10.30 pm on Tuesday while Manjhi and his colleagues were making jewellery. <br /><br />“Three men suddenly barged into the manufacturing unit and demanded that all the gold be handed over to them. One was armed with a gun while two others carried knives,” a police officer told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />Manjhi resisted when one of them tried to snatch some gold in his possession. That turned into a scuffle between Manjhi and that robber following which the suspect’s colleague pulled him away.<br />But even as they were fleeing, one of them pulled out a pistol and shot Manjhi in his forehead. They also took away the gold.<br /><br />Manjhi was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead.<br />Police have registered a murder case and begun questioning people, including the surviving employees of the unit.<br /><br />Local traders protested<br />The local traders, meanwhile, gathered on street number 37 on Wednesday and protested. They alleged that police have done little despite four robberies since February on that particular street.<br /></p>
