Canter driver robbed of Rs14L in Panchkula

Panchkula, November 21

Four miscreants allegedly robbed a Canter driver of Rs14 lakh at gunpoint near Garhi Kotaha in Raipur Rani here last evening.

The incident took place around 5.30 pm when Dharambir was driving back to Marranwala in Pinjore after unloading 8 tonne scrap and collecting cash from Jagadhari in Yamunanagar.

On a complaint of the victim's employer and scrap trader Nirbhay Singh, a case has been registered against four unidentified persons under Section 25 of the Arms Act and Section 392 of the IPC at the Raipur Rani police station. According to the complainant, Dharambir left with a scrap-laden truck (HP63-8861) for a metal factory in Jagadhari. The next day, the driver collected a payment of Rs14 lakh from the factory owner Gaurav and left for Marranwala.

On his way back, four men in a car looted him of the cash by pointing a gun at him near an eatery in Garhi Kotaha village. According to the victim, the rear number plate of the car was covered with a khaki tape. — TNS