Burglars smash shutters, loot cash

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Ganderbal , 22 Aug 2014

Burglars smashed the shutters and broke in to fourteen shops and a cash machine during the night in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, a senior police official said.According the GNS correspondent, the official said the burglars managed to take away cash from the shops but their bid at the cash machine in the Qamaria Square of the market was unsuccessful. A police team rushed to the market after shopkeepers found the shutters broken, in the main market some 22 kms from state's summer capital Srinagar. The officer said that they were still investigating about how much cash was looted.The burglars didn’t take away goods from the shops, a shopkeeper told GNS that burglars managed to sneak away with at least Rs 1, 50,000.The shopkeepers in the morning held a protest and demanded the installation of CCTVs and a police post in the market.“We are actively investigating the case and reviewing the surveillance,” the official said. “We’re trying to identify the suspects.”However, police has registered an FIR 122/2014 in Ganderbal police station under section RPC457,380, 511 and have started further investigation in the case. (GNS)