A 28-year old Indore-based man was robbed of his electronic goods worth Rs 48,000 near Pipleshwar temple under Talaiya police station area on Friday.
According to the police, the victim Abhisek Saxena was robbed by two miscreants, an auto rickshaw driver and his aide, when the victim hired auto rickshaw to Ashoka Garden and in deserted areahe was robbed with knife point.
Victim lodged a complaint with the Talaiya police and claimed that he came to the city and hired an auto rickshaw for Ashoka Gaden in which a person was already present and instead of taking the victim to Ashoka Garden the two took them near Pipleshawar temple and tried to snatch bag which the victim resisted but one of the accused took knife and robbed him at knife point and escaped the spot.
The bag was carrying one laptop and three mobile phones worth Rs 48000.
The victim works with Airtel Company in Indore and is resident of Harda.
Based on the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 392 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Police said that the search for the miscreants has been started but due to lack of proper light the victim was not able to notice the registration number of the auto rickshaw.
Area where the incident took place usually remains deserted due to which the miscreants targeted the victim to rob in that area. The nearby CCTV cameras installed in the area would be investigated.