A truck driver was held captive, assaulted and robbed of goods Rs 5 lakh at Indore highway under Khajuri police station area late in the night; driver was robbed by four miscreants. The four miscreants in car stopped the truck by obstructing it way at around 11 pm on Tuesday and forcefully took the victim driver identified as Vishnu Gaur in their car and tied his hands and legs and left him in a farm at Parwalia. The truck bearing registration number MP04GA6120 carrying expensive cigarettes from Mandideep to Sendhwa and Barwani was robbed and seven boxes each worth Rs 90000 were robbed while other goods were not disturbed.
The truck driver sought the help of a local and alerted the police, which sounded an alert in the area.The police recovered the truck from Pamcourt Garden where the accused took the expensive cigarettes.
Police suspects that rented car was used to commit the crime. After the preliminary investigation police have registered case against the accused of robbery, kidnapping and assaulting the victim. The CCTV footages of nearby toll plaza would be investigated in the further investigation.