Tobacco shop plundered and set ablaze

RAJKOT: A shop selling tobacco products was plundered and set ablaze by some miscreants in Veraval town of Gir Somnath district on Friday morning.
Police said the accused, whose numbers and identities could not be ascertained, broke into the shop owned by Bharat Sonaiya near Veraval bus stand and looted cigarettes, bidis, tobacco and betel nuts worth Rs1 lakh.
“Before setting ablaze the shop, the accused also stole Rs10,000 cash from the cash box of the shop,” said D N Modhvadia, police sub-inspector of Veraval city police station.
“The accused had gained entry into the shop by breaking the rear shutter which is in a lane. The front shutter of the shop opens in front of Veraval bus stand,” added Modhvadia.