Trader shot at and looted Rs 8 lakh

A fish trader was today shot at by two motorcycle-borne assailants here before looting Rs eight lakh from him.

Pradeep Kumar, a fish trader, was accosted by two motorcycle-borne assailants and looted Rs eight lakh from him before firing bullets. Kumar was going to deposit the money this morning, a police official said.

The trader, who sustained bullet injury in his thigh, was admitted to the Siwan Sadar hospital.