NAWABSHAH: Tea shop looted

Published July 8, 2003

NAWABSHAH, July 7: Three armed men looted Rs300,000 from a tea shop on the hospital road here on Monday.

They got hold of the shop owner and workers at gunpoint. They also beat them up and locked in a godown and looted Rs300,000 from cash counter and escaped.

The victims were freed by nearby shopkeepers who had heard their cries. A case about the incident was registered at the A- section police station.

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