Three unknown miscreants looted a car and other valuables from a person at Satsang Vihar under the Sahid Nagar police station here in broad daylight on Saturday.
The miscreants were travelling by the rented car. In the midway, the trio thrashed driver Dhirendra Pradhan out of the car and looted Rs3,000 cash, a gold chain and a mobile phone from him. They also beat him when he resisted. Soon, they fled away with the car.
The driver later lodged an FIR at the Sahid Nagar PS. The police have begun tracing the culprits. The incident has sent shockwaves among the city denizens questioning the efficiency of the Commissionerate police in combating crime.