Aggravated robbery victim demands "interim relief" from insurance to save their dairy business
The victim of Crown Superette aggravated robbery, which has left a dairy shop owner and his wife badly injured and out of work for the last 43 days is demanding some "interim relief" from their insurance provider to keep their business "alive."
The fact that the crime prevention group - the community group formed immediately after this aggravated assault is planning to organise a public protest march (read the full story on indianweekender.co.nz) next Sunday, April 30, asks for a quick revisit on the current situation of the store owners.
A group of seven teenagers had barged in and assaulted the husband-wife duo Jitesh and Preeti Arora at the Crown Superette in Mt Roskill with baseball bats and iron rods on the early morning of Sunday, March 12.
Jitesh Arora was badly hurt while trying to shield his wife and had received four successive surgeries since then.
The attack had then incensed the community to the extent that a community action group was formed with a stated goal of raising voice against the rising menace of youth crime, in particular on the small businesses and members of the community.
Indian Weekender found the local Mt Roskill business still closed, a good 43 days after the attack suggesting that worst nightmares of the owner's family that they "might not able to open their business again" might be coming to true.
The husband-wife duos that are the only working members of their family and had worked seven days a week in their dairy business before the attack has no other means to reopen and run their business.
The bills and cost associated with the business are running unabated with many service providers already knocking at their doorsteps for debt-collection - a situation sincerely despised by the store owners and their families.
"What do you think we cannot pay this amount?" asks an agitated family member Raj Chopra.
"Both Jitesh and Preeti are a hard working couple and have always paid their bills, mortgage, and other liabilities associated with the business.
"You can check with their banks and financial institutions about their credit history.
"But now the fact that after bearing the physical pain of the assault they have to bear the pain of a wrecked credit history is appalling," lamented Mr Chopra.
However, owners have received some respite from this situation after a story appeared in New Zealand Herald earlier this week and the concerned service providers (read electricity and Efptos) chose to budge from their stated position and withdrew disconnection notices.
Many kind hearted members of public have also come forward as reported by New Zealand Herald to help the bashed couple.
Indian Weekender also spoke with some concerned and generous customers of Crown Superette earlier today who dropped by the half open shop when Indian Weekender’s team was visiting to inspect the amount of financial loss suffered by the business.
One such concerned customer Borris Brown, who lives locally in Mt Roskill and has been a frequent visitor to the shop expressed his “unhappiness and anguish” about the assault, and the delay in recovery and rehabilitation of the friendly dairy owners.
“I do not feel good as I have to go elsewhere for my milk, my bread, my lotto ticket and other small supplies.
“Really sad about what happened, not happy about it... I don’t think anyone is,” Mr Brown lamented.
Another passerby who dropped in the half open shop out of sheer curiosity about the fate of the owners and the business told Indian Weekender that he was overseas when this disgusting assault happened and was worried about owners.
The gentleman who chose to remain anonymous was, however, keen to help the owners and was directed to a Givealittle page created earlier by some generous donors to help the couple.
Meanwhile, the victim Jitesh Arora had expressed anguish and frustration about the delay and bureaucratic apathy in providing immediate relief by their insurance providers.
“I am not getting any help whatsoever from my insurance provider.
“All the stuff that was robbed including cigarettes and other stuff that has expired due to business remaining closed needs to be replaced before we can open the business,” Mr Arora lamented.
Apparently, this bureaucratic delay from the insurance providers is pushing the troubled owners to bankruptcy as they struggle to reopen their business.
The business is losing approximately $3800 to $4000 worth of gross profit every week by remaining non-operational according to the owners.
“Right now all we are hearing from them is send this paper or that paper without any actual help arriving even 43 days after the day of the assault,” a visibly frustrated Mr Chopra says.
“Wouldn’t it be nice if the insurance company can at least provide us with some interim relief while they investigate further so as to allow us to start our business and get back on our lives,” pleads Mr Chopra.
Explaining “interim relief,” further Mr Chopra said that “insurance company could provide an agreed amount of lump sum for us to replace the damaged good and pay for two workers to assist in opening the business.”
The victim of Crown Superette aggravated robbery, which has left a dairy shop owner and his wife badly injured and out of work for the last 43 days is demanding some "interim relief" from their insurance provider to keep their business "alive."
The fact that the crime prevention group - the...
The victim of Crown Superette aggravated robbery, which has left a dairy shop owner and his wife badly injured and out of work for the last 43 days is demanding some "interim relief" from their insurance provider to keep their business "alive."
The fact that the crime prevention group - the community group formed immediately after this aggravated assault is planning to organise a public protest march (read the full story on indianweekender.co.nz) next Sunday, April 30, asks for a quick revisit on the current situation of the store owners.
A group of seven teenagers had barged in and assaulted the husband-wife duo Jitesh and Preeti Arora at the Crown Superette in Mt Roskill with baseball bats and iron rods on the early morning of Sunday, March 12.
Jitesh Arora was badly hurt while trying to shield his wife and had received four successive surgeries since then.
The attack had then incensed the community to the extent that a community action group was formed with a stated goal of raising voice against the rising menace of youth crime, in particular on the small businesses and members of the community.
Indian Weekender found the local Mt Roskill business still closed, a good 43 days after the attack suggesting that worst nightmares of the owner's family that they "might not able to open their business again" might be coming to true.
The husband-wife duos that are the only working members of their family and had worked seven days a week in their dairy business before the attack has no other means to reopen and run their business.
The bills and cost associated with the business are running unabated with many service providers already knocking at their doorsteps for debt-collection - a situation sincerely despised by the store owners and their families.
"What do you think we cannot pay this amount?" asks an agitated family member Raj Chopra.
"Both Jitesh and Preeti are a hard working couple and have always paid their bills, mortgage, and other liabilities associated with the business.
"You can check with their banks and financial institutions about their credit history.
"But now the fact that after bearing the physical pain of the assault they have to bear the pain of a wrecked credit history is appalling," lamented Mr Chopra.
However, owners have received some respite from this situation after a story appeared in New Zealand Herald earlier this week and the concerned service providers (read electricity and Efptos) chose to budge from their stated position and withdrew disconnection notices.
Many kind hearted members of public have also come forward as reported by New Zealand Herald to help the bashed couple.
Indian Weekender also spoke with some concerned and generous customers of Crown Superette earlier today who dropped by the half open shop when Indian Weekender’s team was visiting to inspect the amount of financial loss suffered by the business.
One such concerned customer Borris Brown, who lives locally in Mt Roskill and has been a frequent visitor to the shop expressed his “unhappiness and anguish” about the assault, and the delay in recovery and rehabilitation of the friendly dairy owners.
“I do not feel good as I have to go elsewhere for my milk, my bread, my lotto ticket and other small supplies.
“Really sad about what happened, not happy about it... I don’t think anyone is,” Mr Brown lamented.
Another passerby who dropped in the half open shop out of sheer curiosity about the fate of the owners and the business told Indian Weekender that he was overseas when this disgusting assault happened and was worried about owners.
The gentleman who chose to remain anonymous was, however, keen to help the owners and was directed to a Givealittle page created earlier by some generous donors to help the couple.
Meanwhile, the victim Jitesh Arora had expressed anguish and frustration about the delay and bureaucratic apathy in providing immediate relief by their insurance providers.
“I am not getting any help whatsoever from my insurance provider.
“All the stuff that was robbed including cigarettes and other stuff that has expired due to business remaining closed needs to be replaced before we can open the business,” Mr Arora lamented.
Apparently, this bureaucratic delay from the insurance providers is pushing the troubled owners to bankruptcy as they struggle to reopen their business.
The business is losing approximately $3800 to $4000 worth of gross profit every week by remaining non-operational according to the owners.
“Right now all we are hearing from them is send this paper or that paper without any actual help arriving even 43 days after the day of the assault,” a visibly frustrated Mr Chopra says.
“Wouldn’t it be nice if the insurance company can at least provide us with some interim relief while they investigate further so as to allow us to start our business and get back on our lives,” pleads Mr Chopra.
Explaining “interim relief,” further Mr Chopra said that “insurance company could provide an agreed amount of lump sum for us to replace the damaged good and pay for two workers to assist in opening the business.”
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