Traders hold protest against cops

Blocked traffic on GT Road alleging laxity in robbery case probe

◗ Traders of Sahibabad’s steel pipe market association protested against the police on Wednesday for not paying heed to the security

Ghaziabad, Sept. 5: Scores of traders of the Sahibabad steel pipe market held protests Wednesday and blocked the GT Road here alleging police laxity in a case of robbery.

Three masked robbers snatched ` 1.5 lakh from Hitesh, Ravinder and Noopur Jain at gunpoint in the market on Tuesday evening and fired in the air while escaping.

There was another case of armed robbery on the same day. Imran Ali, a collection agent of a mobile phone company, was robbed at gunpoint of ` 93,000 by bike- borne miscreants in the Shalimar Garden area. On Wednesday, Ram Ni- was Bansal, president of the pipe market dealers association, accused police of not paying heed towards the security of the market and said the sit- in protest would continue until the goons were arrested.

As the protestors blocked the GT Road, superintendent of police ( city) Shlok Kumar tried to appease them by promising early arrest of the robbers.

Senior superintendent of police Vaibhav Krishna said security would be tightened in the area and police patrolling increased. Police have procured the CCTV footage of both robberies and the perpetrators will be nabbed soon, SSP Krishna said.