Using chilli power as a weapon, two men looted Rs 71 lakhs from a rice miller on Thursday near Junglepur village in Chhattisgarh's Kawardha district while he was going with his accountant on a Scooty towards Bilaspur, police said.
The incident took place on the Kawardha-Bilaspur road in the Pandatarai police station limits, Additional Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar Soni told The Pioneer over telephone. He identified the victim as Dilip Agarwal, a resident of Kawardha.
According to the complainant, two unidentified men approached them on two vehicles from the back. All of a sudden one gave a push to the Scooty, forcing it to fall on the road.
Before Agarwal and his aide could guess what was happening, one of the robbers tried to spray chilli powder in their eyes, the officer said.
After snatching the bag stuffed with cash, the robbers escaped, riding towards Mungeli road, Soni said.
The police have launched a hunt for the criminals, he said.