IMPHAL, October 18: A jewellery shop was robbed in broad daylight by a miscreant impersonating a cadre of proscribe RPF this morning at around 9 am.
The jewellery shop `Opendra Jewellery works`™ located at RIMS road, just few shops away from Babina Diagnostic Centre was doing its routine business when the incident occurred said the shop owner Khumanthem Opendro S/o Kh Modhu of Noaremthong Khumanthem Leikai, Imphal West during a press meet held a Manipur Press Meet, Imphal.
Opendro said around 9:00 am a person came into his shop and asked for him and then for him to come out of his shop for a talk and told him to surrender the three arms (weapons) that RPF had hidden in his shop.
As the charge was baseless, he answered to the unknown person that the information is wrong and he does not have the weapons.
The RPF impersonating person then threatened to take him away for clarification with the party leaders. Upon Opendro`™s request that his wife was not well, the person further threatened to take his brother who is also an employee of the jewellery shop.
In the meantime Opendro gestured his younger brother to conceal the jewelleries in the scooter/moped `Honda Pleasure`™ utility box.
Further Opendro said that RPF impersonator took away Opendro`™s younger brother identified as Khumanthem Amarjeet along with the Honda Pleasure and drove toward RIMS mortuary.
Amarjeet was then pushed from the scooter, and the impersonator took scooter along with the gold/jewelleries worth Rs 4.5 lakhs, and drove away.
Khumanthem Upendro further appealed the state concern department to look into the matter to bring justice. He also appealed to the concerned underground organisation to look into the matter.
Further meira paibi group of Opendro`™s locality appealed to the concern authority to find out the fact to maintain peace and tranquillity in the area.