A gang of criminals snatched Rs45,000 by assaulting a businessman from Pardih under Azadnagar police station area in Mango near NH-33 this morning. The victim identified as Mohammed Shamim (42) has sustained internal injuries after being assaulted by the criminals as he tried to resist the snatching.
According to sources, the victim who is a dry-food dealer was returning home at Azadnagar from Chandil by riding his bike. While he was crossing Pardih-Azadnagar Road, a car intercepted him by coming in front of him. There were about five persons aboard in the car, including the driver.
Sources said four persons of the car got down and one of them asked Shamim to hand over the bag which he had kept in the bike’s handle, but when he refused to oblige, two of the criminals started hitting him with hands and took away the bag which contained Rs45,000.
After losing his money, the victim contacted his family members who arrived at the scene and rushed him to the MGM Medical College and Hospital for treatment.
“I am in state of shock and don’t know who they were. I was returning home having collected my dues from the shops in Chandil and Chowka as the snatching took place at Pardih. They would have killed me, had I protested any further,” said the businessman.
Officer-in-charge, Azadnagar thana, Anjani Kumar Singh said he is yet to get any complaint of such broad-day-light snatching in Pardih. An assistant sub-inspector of Sakchi thana, Kundan Ram confirmed that a man, Mohammed Shamim was assaulted by criminals somewhere near Mango and he is undergoing treatment at the medical college hospital.