Patna: Traders and locals protested and disrupted traffic for more than 2 hours on Wednesday against the murder of Jeweler Mantu Kumar Gupta (40) at Bihta in West Patna on Tuesday night.
Block the road disturb traffic towards Danapur, Maner, Naubatpur, Bikram and Ara in Bhojpur.
Traders at Pasar Bihta also lowered their window leaves to protest the murder and occurrence of crime and other extortion.
They suspected that Gupta was killed because of his rejection to pay extortion demanded by criminals.
Gupta was shot dead in his jewelry shop when he prepared to close it for that day.
The Jewelry Shop Maa Vindhyasini is located in Bihta Market.
Half a dozen armed criminals on three bikes fell inside his shop and shot him on the head and chest, kill him in place.
About 50 jewelry stores are located around it.
Bihar BJP Spokesman Nikhil Anand also raised his voice for the crime incident at Bihta.
“Did Bihta become the center of a new crime? Such fear arises from the incident recently.
The murder of Gold Traders is very disappointing and unfortunate.
DGP, Patna DM and SSP must take personal awareness,” he tweeted.
Biht-based traders, preferring anonymity, saying the demands of extortion are routines in Bihta and the police cannot control them.
“Criminals running a squeeze racket even from prison.
Gang has begun to focus on Bihta as soon as the government announces to establish a large institution and industry here.
Some villains and white-headed people have invested their black money in the plot in the Bihta area,” he said.
He said the situation was deteriorating since the murder of the President of the Association of Bihta and Uday Chitra Mandir Cinema Hall.
Shot in Biht recently.
Patna SSP Upendra Kumar Sharma, who has rushed to Biht on Tuesday night, told Ti by telephone that Gupta was killed after a failed booty effort.
“The criminals asked him to open the armop, which was locked.
Rush and panicked, they fired a shot, killing traders.
The pharmacy drug incident was thought to be the impact of personal hostility,” he said.