At least five unidentified motorbike-borne youths on Wednesday morning looted more than Rs 4.35 lakh cash from a 65-year-old man at Rachna Nagar locality under Govindpura police station area.The incident took place when the victim Murli Manohar Agrawal, an oil dealer, was on his way to the bank for depositing cash, like everyday.
“The motorbike miscreants threw chilli powder in the eyes of Agrawal and snatched away the bag stuffed with money which he was carrying to deposit in a nearby bank,” DIG Srinivasa Varma said.After getting information about the loot, police swung into action but could not arrest the culprits.A spokesperson of Govindpura police station also disclosed that the registered number of the bike which was submitted by witnesses was a fake. He further informed that they have registered a case against unidentified persons regarding the incident.
Varma informed that the victim was going to deposit cash in the Bank of Maharashtra on his scooter. Near the nullah, a bike was parked obstructing the main road and as soon as Agrawal stopped his vehicle, two youths sitting on the bike threw chilli powder on him. Before Agrawal could understand what was going on, they snatched the handbag from the victim and handed over to other youths waiting nearby on bikes.
Some passerby tried to oppose the incident, but the miscreants took out a sharp-edged weapon and brandishing the weapon fled the scene.Police said Agrawal owned an agency of Kriti cooking oil and Sanchi ghee in Chowk area of the city. Everyday,he brings cash home and deposits in the bank the next day morning.
On receipt of information, local MlA Vishwas Sarang had also reached the spot, as the victim is relative of BJP leader Suryakant Gupta. SP (South) Anshuman Singh claimed that prima facie, it seems that the miscreants knew complete details regarding Agrawal. He claimed the case would be solved soon.