In a broad daylight robbery, two miscreants robbed Rs three lakh cash at gunpoint from a booth in Sector 27 here on Monday.
The complainant Sanjiv Kumar Kalia, who is a resident of Tribune Colony, Raipur Khurd said he was robbed of Rs 3 lakh at gunpoint.
In his statement, he disclosed that at about 2.10 pm two boys came to his shop. One of them was wearing a cap and the other one was wearing a helmet and both had also covered their faces with a cloth.
Out of robbed money, he had withdrawn the Rs 2.80 lakh from PNB Branch, Sector-27 A and 20,000 was also lying with him in his shop, Sanjiv stated.
One of the accused was holding a pistol. The miscreants kept the money in a laptop bag and escaped from the spot.
A UT police officer said that at about 2.12 pm, the information was received in the Police Station Sector-26 that a robbery incident has been taken place at a booth in Sector 27 D. Following this, a police team had rushed to the spot.
A case under Section 392 (punishment for robbery), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of IPC and 25/54/59 Arms Act has been registered on the complaint of Sanjiv Kalia and the investigation of this case is going on, the officer said.