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Ludhiana: Three rob gas cylinder delivery man of ₹ 48,000
The miscreants assaulted him with a sharp-edged weapon and fled leaving him injured when he resisted. The Haibowal police lodged an FIR against the unidentified accused
Three miscreants targeted a gas cylinder delivery man and robbed him of ₹48,000 in cash after assaulting him with a sharp-edged weapon in Chander Nagar on Friday. The incident was captured in a CCTV camera installed near the spot.
The miscreants assaulted him with a sharp-edged weapon and fled leaving him injured when he resisted. The Haibowal police lodged an FIR against the unidentified accused.
After the victim, Ram Kirpal lodged the complaint, the police have initiated investigation into the matter and procured CCTV footage in which the incident was captured.
Ram Kirpal in his statement stated that he works as a cylinder delivery man for VKT Agency, and he was on his way to deliver the gas cylinder when three miscreants turned up on a motorcycle and intercepted his way near Pahariya Dairy in Chander Nagar area on Friday. The accused flashed a sharp-edged weapon and tried to snatch away his bag containing cash. When resisted, the accused assaulted him and fled with the bag containing ₹48,000 in cash.
ASI Mandeep Singh, who is investigating the case, said that the police have initiated an investigation to trace the accused. A case under sections 379B and 34 of the IPC has been registered against three unidentified accused at Haibowal Police station.
