Gold worth 3m afs looted from jewelry shop in Takhar

TALOQAN (Pajhwok): In a broad daylight incident, two armed robbers looted gold worth three million afghanis from a jewelry shop in this capital city of northern Takhar province on Wednesday, panicking goldsmiths.

Qudratullah Qurbani, one of the goldsmiths in Taloqan city, told Pajhwok Afghan News that two armed men entered a jewelry shop and took away gold ornaments worth three million afghanis by pointing gun at the shopkeeper.

He added: “Two jewelers tried to arrest the armed robbers, but they were shot in the legs by the armed robbers who took away 30 lakhs worth of jewelry.”

Shopkeepers said the incident happened at around 8:30am this morning and one of the armed men was arrested by security forces, but the second one escaped with the jewelry.

He asked the government to provide better security for the people.

Azizullah, another gold seller in the city, said the armed robbery panicked all gold sellers and if such incidents were not prevented, the investors would abandon their businesses in the near future.

Ahmad Fahim, another jeweler, said that he continued his business with peace of mind that security was fully ensured, but today’s incident worried him.

Takhar police spokesman Mobeen Safi in a telephonic call confirmed the incident to Pajhwok and said one of the robbers had been arrested and efforts were being made to arrest his companion.

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