One of the miscreants involved in the failed bid of robbery at Arera Colony on Friday has been identified. The miscreants tried to rob the victim at knife-point but fled after the victim raised an alarm.
According to police, accused involved in the robbery attempt was identified as Shubham Kushwaha of Itarsi who along with his accomplices tried to rob the victim Devendra Chhajeda at his house on Friday.
The victim was attacked by the accused and kept knife over his neck and instructed to open the almirah but the victim braved to raise an alarm which alerted other family members who rushed to his rescue. Sensing the situation, the miscreant escaped the spot. later, two accomplices of the offender were found waiting outside. The victim and his family members chased them, but they escaped. The family members found a wallet near house which was handed over to the police.
A complaint was lodged by the victim and based on complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 393 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
During investigation identity cards of the accused were recovered from the wallet and based on the details, a police team has been dispatched to Itarsi to search the accused. It would be investigated that the purse belongs to the main accused or it was of his accomplices. Victim owns a shop in MP Nagar area and at around 9.30 pm after closing the shop, when he was entering the house, the incident took place. The police suspect that the victim was followed by accused from MP Nagar when he was closing his shop and later tried to rob him.