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Jitu Gupta was the youngest of four brothers. (file)
There is anger among the businessmen after the killing of BJP worker cum businessman Jitendra Gupta alias Jitu Gupta by shooting a market filled in Panki. Traders automatically kept their shops closed on Tuesday, the second day of the incident. The old parents of the deceased are completely broken by this incident. Happiness was soon to come in this house. Jeetu was to be married. A week ago, Jeetu was engaged to a girl from Dehri, Bihar. The whole house was filled with happiness.
Jeetu also used to do contracting at the block level. About 10 years ago, Jeetu’s brother was also murdered. Jeetu was the youngest of four brothers. Here, after the incident, questions have also been raised on security in Panki. In a crowded area, fearless criminals without covering their faces, open fire, and ride on bikes, waving weapons in both hands and leave comfortably. The police have not yet found the clue of the killers.
The most surprising thing is that there is no CCTV camera installed in Panki, which is considered sensitive. Neither imposed by the administration nor in the shops. Whereas there are many jewelery shops in the area where the incident took place and the path through which the criminals fled. Due to the absence of CCTV cameras, the police are facing difficulty in reaching the criminals. At the same time, after the postmortem in MMCH, the body has been handed over to the relatives.
The body was brought home after the postmortem.
Jeetu was sitting in the ply shop at the time of the incident.
Let us inform that on Monday evening at around 6.30 pm, criminals shot Jeetu Gupta and passerby Safiq Mian near the Ram Janaki temple in the city. After carrying out the incident, the criminals fled on the bike waving weapons. He died on the way while taking Jeetu Gupta to MMCH for treatment. According to eyewitnesses, Jitu Gupta was sitting in Akhilesh’s ply shop in front of Ram Janki temple, when suddenly three criminals arrived on a bike and shot him four from close range. While shooting Jeetu Gupta, the mason Safiq Mian, who was going from the market to his house in Tatidiri, was also shot by the criminals. Jeetu got shot in the stomach. The mason injured in the incident is undergoing treatment.