LUCKNOW: Two bike borne men shot at a jeweller inside his shop in Sarojini nagar on Wednesday afternoon.
The victim, 40-year-old Narendra Kumar Yadav, was shot in the head.
He was admitted to Medanta Hospital where his condition was said to be critical.
Police said Narendra, who also works as a property dealer, had opened the jewellery shop about eight months ago on the ground floor of his three-storey residence.
He was at the shop with his wife Vinod Kumari and their house help Akash when he was attacked.
“Around 4.30pm, two men arrived at his shop on a motorbike.
They entered the shop and opened fire aiming at Vinod Kumari.
As she ducked, the bullet hit the glass case behind her.
Then they fired at Narendra and the bullet hit his head.
The duo then sped awayon the bike,” said ADCP, Central, Chiranjeev Nath Sinha.
Sinha said the attackers did not commit any loot which indicates the attack was a fallout of some rivalry.
DCP, central zone, Khyati Garg, who also reached the spot, said the attackers were caught on some CCTV cameras near the crime scene and police were trying to identify them.
Lucknow police commissioner DK Thakur also met the family of the jeweller and assured them of a fast breakthrough in the case.
Sources said police have got some clues about the attackers based on the quizzing of Akash.