A 51-year-old woman employee of Rural Engineering Services (RES) department was relieved of gold chain worth Rs90,000 near Vindhyachal Bhawan under Jehangirabad police station area on Monday.
According to the police, the victim Sudha Tripathi was robbed of her gold chain while she was coming out from an auto rickshaw near her office.
The locals and commuters were not able to notice the registration number of the bike-borne miscreants and in the initial investigation police found that the bike borne miscreants were wearing masks.
Commuters who witnessed the robbery failed to chase and were not able to notice any information as the motorbike was moving at very high speed. The incident took place when the victim on her way to office and was busy in paying fare to the auto rickshaw.
Police were alerted and the area was cordoned off but the miscreants managed to escape and are still missing. The police have registered a case under section 392 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Victim is a resident of Nirupam Estate at Hoshangabad road. The victim was shocked after the incident as she was attacked and sustained minor injury. In her complaint the victim claimed that the gold chain was worth Rs 90000 which was robbed by the miscreants.
Police claimed that the search for the miscreants has been intensified and all the CCTV cameras installed in the area and nearby areas would be searched.
The miscreants managed to escape and went untraceable within a short period of time suggests that the miscreants were aware of the area and possibly belong to the nearby areas of the incident.