A bag containing `3 lakh cash was stolen from a two-wheeler near Punjab Dairy under Hanumanganj police station area on Sunday.
According to the police on Sunday the victim Mahendra Singh Saini parked his vehicle near Punjab Dairy and went to buy some goods from Punjab Dairy. When the victim returned the bag which he left in the vehicle was found missing from the dicky.
After failing to find the bag in the vehicle, the victim lodged a complaint with the Hanumanganj police. After the preliminary investigation Station House Officer of Hanumanganj police Ashwin Kumar Negi said that the victim in his complaint has claimed that around `3 lakh which were in his bag were found missing in the afternoon. A case has been registered and the investigation has been started.
The victim owns a shop and office at Sabzi Mandi and is a trader of vegetable and fruits. He had claimed that the money was of collection of the daily sales and purchase.
Victim is a resident of DIG bungalow area and used to carry good amount of cash for trading purpose. It is possible that someone close to the victim might have tipped off regarding the cash and the other possibility which is raised in the investigation was the spotting of victim while he kept the money in his two-wheeler and was followed till the miscreant got the chance to remove the money from the victim’s vehicle, said police.
locals traders would be questioned in the investigation confirmed the police.