A robbery attempt was foiled by an alert 26-year-old girl and her father near Rang Mahal Square on Thursday evening. Police said that Akanksha Sammaiya and her father hired an auto-rickshaw while on their way to their home in Panchsheel Nagar and were attempted to rob by a person present in the auto-rickshaw. In her complaint, the victim stated that she hired an auto-rickshaw to her house in Panchsheel Nagar along with her father at around 9.15 pm and after around 15 minutes the miscreant tried to rob her. At the time they boarded auto-rickshaw apart from driver one person was already present and when the auto-rickshaw moved some distance, the person tried to snatch gold chain she was wearing but her father spotted him and held him and alerted locals who helped them to caught hold of the two accused and were handed over to police.
The nabbed accused persons were identified as Rajaram and Bapu More, who was driving the auto-rickshaw. The preliminary investigation suggested that the driver was acquainted with Rajaram was was deliberately in the vehicle with ill intentions. The police have registered a case under sections 392, 511 and 34 of the IPC.