MORE than 50 business owners on Umgeni Road are living in fear of brazen armed robbers targeting their shops.
They are calling for more police visibility after one of the business owners was shot in the stomach during a recent armed robbery.
The victim, Rajinder Singh, 43, the owner of Khayalami Home Goods Store, said that this was the third armed robbery at one of his four shops in recent months. This was in addition to the several burglaries and shoplifting incidents, reported over the past few months.