India News | Trader Shot at in UP

Firozabad, Sep 24 (PTI) A glass trader was shot at by a man in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district on Saturday evening, police said.

Anoop Sharma (40) was shot at in Dholpura under the Linepar police station area, they said.

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Superintendent of Police (city) Sarvesh Kumar Mishra said Sharma was returning home around 7 pm when a person, who was identified as Devesh, shot at him.

Sharma sustained a bullet injury near his stomach, he said.

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The injured trader has been hospitalised and an investigation is underway in the matter, Mishra said.

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