Ludhiana: Even as the police claimed to have increased security and patrolling ahead of the Republic Day, four miscreants attacked and robbed a 35-year-old man in Daba on Saturday night.
The victim has been identified as Manoj Kumar, a resident of Jaswinder Colony, near Bapu Market, Daba. Manoj works as a supervisor in a cycle parts manufacturing company near Bhagwan Chowk.
Manoj said in his police complaint, “I travel to my workplace and back home by an auto-rickshaw. On Saturday night, I got late finishing work. Around 11pm, I alighted from an auto near Lohara main road and started walking towards my house.”
When he was crossing Bapu Market, four men on two bikes were standing there. “The market was closed as it was late night. The four intercepted my way and asked me to hand over whatever I had. Before I could do anything, one of them attacked me with a sharp-edged weapon. They then hit me on legs. As I fell on the road, they snatched my wallet and cellphone. The wallet contained my advance salary of Rs 5,000 I had taken on the day. While fleeing, they threatened me against approaching the police. After they sped away, I reached home and was afraid to lodge a complaint,” he added.
On Sunday, he gave a written complaint to Daba police.
Daba SHO inspector Mehma Singh said, “We are scanning the footage of CCTVs installed in the market to trace the accused.”
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