Medical store owner attacked, robbed of Rs2.5 lakh in Mohali

Tribune News Service

Mohali, December 31

Three unidentified robbers attacked a medical store owner near his house in Phase IX, causing injuries on his arm and face, and decamped with a bag containing Rs2.5 lakh.

Attackers will be nabbed soon: Police

The police have taken a recording of the CCTV footage for investigation. The culprits will be arrested soon.-  Deep Kamal, DSP

In his statement to the police, Puneet Goyal, the victim, stated that he was returning to his house by his car after closing his shop in Sector 71 around 10 pm. When he reached near a temple, he felt if someone was following him. He stated that when he reached near his house and parked his car, three youths, who had their faces covered, came there on a motorcycle.

He stated that one of them was sitting on a motorcycle while two youths holding a rod and a hammer opened the door of his car and started attacking him. Goyal stated that one of the youths ran to the other side of the car and picked up a bag containing cash lying on the front seat. He said the two youths fled from the spot, along with their accomplice who was waiting on the bike.

The complainant stated that as he raised the alarm, his neighbours came out of their homes but the robbers had fled by then. He added that the whole incident was captured on a CCTV installed at his house.

Goyal said he informed the matter to the police control room after which a PCR van arrived there. He said his younger brother rushed him to a hospital for treatment.

The Phase VIII police station has registered a case against the unidentified accused. The investigation officer, accompanied by the SHO of the police station, went to the hospital and recorded the victim’s statement.