BHOPAL (Madhya Pradesh): A woman was allegedly robbed at gunpoint in the Shahpura area while she was returning from a party.
The complainant Surekha Majumdar, 53 is a bank clerk and lives in the Gujarati colony in Shahpura. She was returning from a function at Hoshangabad road on Sunday when the incident occurred.
According to police, Majumdar’s friend dropped her near the colony at around 4:30 pm. She was walking towards her home when two bike-borne miscreants reached her near Jain temple.
One pointed a gun at Majumdar while the other snatched her purse having jewelry.
The victim narrated the whole ordeal to her husband and they lodged a police complaint in the evening.
The police have detained the suspects after registering a case under Section 392 of IPC.
In-charge Shahpura Mahendra Mishra said the accused were identified through CCTV footage accessed from the spot.
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