A woman professor was injured and her Rs 1.30 lakh have snatched away after she was hit by two bike borne miscreants in a day light robbery near Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta’s residence on Monday here.
Police said the victim, who was identified as Monica Jain was attacked by the two miscreants when returned home at Professor Colony after withdrawing Rs 1.20 lakh from the Central Bank branch at GTB Complex. The bike born youths attacked her from behind and took the bag which was hanging on the side mirror of the scooter she was driving. Due to the forceful pulling of the bag, the victim’s vehicle skidded for few yards and fell down and sustained minor injuries.
Jain was rushed to Jagdish hospital where she was provided first aid and then discharged. She sustained bruises and her condition is reportedly out of danger. The victim claimed that the bag contained Rs 1.20 lakh cash which was withdrawn from the bank, a mobile phone and Rs 10,000 in cash that she had carried before reaching the bank.
Jain is HoD of Chemistry Department in Vidhyapeeth Institute and has withdrawn the sum to pay for a cultural event of the institute held at Ravindra Bhavan few days ago.
Additional Superintendent of Police Zone 1 Dileep Singh Tomar said that the CCTV footage provided by the bank has been searched but nothing concrete regarding the miscreants could be found. Teams have been formed and have started their investigation. Other footages from different parts of the city might help in the investigation, he added.
The police have registered a case and have started further investigation. Victim’s husband Rajeev Jain worked as a professor at RKDF College.