A businessman trading in maize was shot at and injured by a gang in his office here today, in a suspected attack due to business rivalry, police said.
Four people barged into the office of Kanhaiyalal, a native of Rajasthan settled here for two decades, and fired three rounds from a pistol, police said quoting an eye-witness.
However, the man, in his 50s, escaped with minor injury caused by one of the bullets, they said adding he had been admitted to a hospital where his condition was stated to be stable.
Police said they suspect business rivalry and financial transaction could be the reason behind the attack.
Additional commissioner of police Seemanth Kumar Singh said, We have got clues, and we will soon nab the culprits."
Kanhaiyalal came to the city about 20 years ago and has been into foodgrains business, police said.
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