Man shot at by thieves in Kaushambi

Prayagraj: Unidentified miscreants shot at a man in Belha Mazra village, under the limits of Kokhraj police station, of Kaushambi district, on late Wednesday night, when he raised an alarm after seeing the group executing theft at his house. The injured, identified as Lalchandra, was admitted at a hospital for treatment after the incident, where his condition was stated to be stable.Kokhraj police said Lalchandra was sleeping at his kaccha house on Wednesday night. The victim told the police that he woke up to some disturbances around 3am at his new house, located adjacent to kachha house. Suspecting that thieves might have entered into his new house, he started raising an alarm and the thieves, who escaped allegedly opened fire on him and left him injured when he made a futile bid to stop them. The miscreants managed to escape from the spot unchallenged.tnn