A 45-year old man was robbed of his bag carrying Rs 20,000 near ISBT under Govindpura police station area on June 23. A case of robbery was lodged with the Govindpura police station on Sunday.
According to police sources, the victim Mahesh Chourasia of Balaghat arrived in the city few days ago to meet his relatives in Ashoka Garden and was living in the same locality and on June 23 when he was on his way to ISBT in an autorickshaw two bike borne miscreants approached him from behind and snatched the bag and fled the spot.
Before the victim could understand anything the two bike borne miscreants escaped the spot. The victim raised alarm but the miscreants managed to escape the spot.
The incident occurred very rapidly due to which the victim was not able to notice any details of the bike borne miscreants. Other reason which became favourable for the miscreant was the absence of light in the area where the robbery was committed.
On the day of incident the victim was on his way to Balaghat and later boarded the scheduled train without lodging any complaint with the police. He returned on Sunday and lodged a complaint with the Govindpura police.
In the complaint the victim has claimed that the bag robbed was carrying two mobile phones, two ATM cards, cash Rs 4000 and other documents. The victim is a Government School Teacher in Balaghat.
The police have registered a case under section 392 of the IPC and have started further investigation.