A woman was robbed of Rs2.32 lakh at gunpoint by two unidentified motorcycle borne youths in broad daylight in Sundar Nagar locality of the city on Friday.
The incident occurred when the victim was on way back to her home after withdrawing money from a bank, SP OP Pal told The Pioneer. According to police, the victim Kavita Tharwani (56) wife of late lakshmichand Tharwani was robbed by motorcycle borne robbers at gun point near her home. Kavita had withdrawn money from HDFC bank and was on her way back home. Suddenly, two youths on a bike intercepted her and demanded the bag she was carrying. On her refusing, one of them took out a gun and snatched the bag containing the cash, the SP said.
“After getting information about the incident, a police team along with officials of Central Crime Branch rushed to the spot. Checking was stepped up at different places in the city. However the looters are still at large,” he said. Meanwhile, police has recovered a CCTV footage of the robbers,” a police source informed. Following the complaint of the victim, an offence against unidentified robbers has been registered under relevant sections of IPC, police said, adding, that based on description given by the victim, police have started search. In another incident, a college girl was robbed by motorcycle borne robbers near the City Mall 36.