Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, Jan 8: Burglars looted 15 shops in main market Banihal. However, annoyed shopkeepers held protest and blocked Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
The incident occurred during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.
The protesting shopkeepers said that thieves broke the locks of the 15 shops and looted cash and goods.
“This is the situation in market where police and forces personnel patrol day in and day out. My shop is opposite Sub-District Hospital Banihal that is on main road and still it has been looted,” a shopkeeper said.
The shopkeepers as a mark of protest didn’t open their shops, blocked the highway and disrupted vehicular movement. They hold police and civil administration responsible for this major burglary incident.
“This is not the first incident of theft in Banihal but in past several shops were looted and still the culprits are untraced,” said another shopkeeper.
The protesting shopkeepers alleged that the police have failed to ensure security of the area.
Meanwhile, a case under relevant Sections has been registered at Police Station Banihal and investigation started.
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