Cattle trader robbed of Rs 25 lakh in Supaul

Patna: A cattle trader was robbed of Rs 25 lakh at gunpoint by some motorcycle-borne miscreants in Supaul district on Wednesday.

The incident occurred when the trader was on his way to Madhepura to purchase cattle. Two miscreants intercepted him and snatched the bag containing money, threatening him with a pistol. The police registered a case and are investigating the matter.


The incident occurred around 7am on the Bus Stand-Hussain Chowk link road in ward no. 22 under Sadar police station area.

The victims, identified as Nawab and Shahjad alias Munna, were on their way to the Singheshwar cattle market in Madhepura district. They were walking towards the market when the two robbers approached them, threatened them with a pistol, and snatched the bag containing Rs25 lakh.

According to the information, the traders are tenants in Md Shahzad’s house in Husain Chowk in Sadar police station area. Both are originally residents of Joli village under Bhopa police station area in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh. For more than 10 years, they have been living in Supaul and did business in various cattle markets of Saharsa, Madhepura, and Supaul.

Supaul SP Sharath R S said, “Shahzad, the cattle trader, left the house early morning with his relative Nawab. The incident occurred at a distance of about 200 metres from their room near Kamleshwar locality. The miscreants first hurled abuses, then showed weapons and fled with the bag containing money.”

Sadar SHO Ramsevak Rawat said, “A probe is being conducted based on technical evidence to identify the criminals by examining CCTV footage. They will be arrested soon.”