Panchkula shop owner robbed

Panchkula, November 19

A “pan-beedi” shop owner was allegedly assaulted and robbed of his wallet and mobile phone by four unidentified men last night around 10 pm when he was on his way back home to Sector 25 after shutting his shop near a liquor vend in Sector 28 here.

The victim, Mukesh Kumar, told the police that the suspects came on a motorcycle and blocked his cycle path near the Jaisinghpura turn on the Ramgarh-Panchkula service road. The suspects got off the bike and grabbed Kumar in an attempt to take out the wallet from his pocket.

Upon resistance, one of the suspects attacked the victim with a knife.

According to the FIR, they then snatched his mobile phone and wallet containing Rs7,000, Aadhaar card, PAN card, voter ID card and a Canara Bank ATM card, and fled away from the scene towards Sector 26.

According to the complainant, the suspects appeared to be in the 20-25 age group.

The victim, who fell on the ground after suffering injuries on his right hip and fingers of the right hand, was taken to the Civil Hospital in a PCR vehicle for treatment.

The police have registered an FIR against the unidentified persons under Sections 34, 341 and 379-B of the IPC at the Chandimandir police station. —TNS

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