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Mohali: Office worker loses scooter in highway robbery
Two men waylaid the victim on Kurali highway and attacked him with a rod, before escaping with his scooter and mobile phone
Two unidentified men snatched a man’s scooter and mobile phone after hitting his head with a rod near Motia Group on the Kurali highway on Friday late evening.
The victim, Ravinder Singh of Kadi Majra village, told police that he worked for a private company in Phase 8-B, Industrial Area, Mohali. After finishing work, he was returning home on Friday evening. As he reached Kurali highway, two men waylaid him and attacked him with a rod, before escaping with his scooter and mobile phone. He regained consciousness after a while and got treated at a nearby hospital, he said.
Kurali police have booked the unidentified snatchers under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 379-B (snatching after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code and initiated a probe.
