A Sagar-based jeweller was robbed of his bag carrying Rs 4 lakh in daylight at Ashta bus stand on Monday. The victim got injured while trying to save the bag.
According to the police, the victim, Narendra
Kumar Agrawal, was robbed by two miscreants who escaped in a car. Police said that the miscreants had intercepted the vehicle and when they got the chance they attacked the victim.
SP Sehore Manish Kapuria said that the victim boarded a bus for Indore from Sagar and during the onward journey when the bus halted at Ashta he was robbed of his bag carrying Rs 4 lakh by the miscreants who came in a car and in a bid to save the bag from the miscreants got injuries in his head and legs.
The miscreants escaped the spot in their white coloured car Maruti Alto car. The victim was not able to notice the registration number of the car of the accused.
Police said that the victim was carrying money for purchasing silver from Indore and when the bus halted at Ashta bus stand he deboarded with the bag which was spotted by the accused who snatched the bag but was opposed by the victim and chased the accused who tried to escape in the car. While the victim tried to get hold of the accused in the car the accused hit him due to which the victim fell and got injured in his head.
Police said that the victim initially claimed that the bag was carrying Rs 4 lakh but his brothers claimed that the bag had Rs 46 lakh cash. later a case of robbery of Rs 4 lakh was registered.
Police teams have been formed and search for the miscreants have been intensified.