The number of bag-snatching incidents in Malad and Kandivli have risen. The robbers mostly target businessmen and owners of angadia firms. In one such incident, two motorcycle-borne goons fired shots at a trader and looted nearly Rs 25,000 in cash at Kandivli, last afternoon.

The victim was shot at on his hand and leg and is currently undergoing treatment at Shatabdi Hospital. According to officials at the Kandivli police station, the incident took place at around 2.45 pm, in Shankar Lane. Dashaksh Shah and his colleague Deepak Vora were returning from an angadia firm, with Rs 25,000 in cash.