Gunmen loot Rs 1.59 lakh from Petrol Pump in Shopian

SRINAGAR — Three pistol-borne gunmen looted over Rs 1.59 lakhs from a petrol pump in Shopian district of south Kashmir while burglars broke open a donation box at the venerated shrine of Hazrat Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani in Khanyar area of Srinagar and decamped with an unknown amount of cash last night, officials said on Thursday.

A police official told GNS that three pistol-borne persons forcibly took away cash of 1,59,021 during night hours from a filling station at Harmain in the southern Shopian district. He said a case has been registered and investigations were taken up after a complaint was filed with the concerned police station.

Meanwhile, official sources said that 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.

A police officer confirmed the incident and told GNS that a case has been registered and investigations have been launched.