Snatchers target brother duo, rob Rs6,000, mobile in Chandigarh

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 3

Six miscreants riding two motorcycles reportedly robbed a brother duo of Rs6,000 and a mobile phone near Kishangarh last night.

The police received information about the incident at 12.05 am following which a PCR vehicle rushed to the spot.

Sources said the victims, Sukesh Kumar and his brother Mukesh Kumar, residents of Bhagwanpura, Chandigarh, reported that they worked at a pizza store in Sector 26 and were returning home on a cycle when the miscreants stopped them near the bridge between Kishangarh and Sukhna Lake. The suspects threatened the duo and assaulted them.

Victims work at pizza store

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Sources said the victims, Sukesh Kumar and his brother Mukesh Kumar, residents of Bhagwanpura, Chandigarh, reported that they worked at a pizza store in Sector 26 and were returning home on a cycle when the miscreants stopped them near the bridge between Kishangarh and Sukhna Lake. The suspects threatened the duo and assaulted them. Sukesh said the suspects snatched Rs6,000 and a mobile phone from him.

Sukesh said the suspects snatched Rs6,000 and a mobile phone from him.

The suspects then escaped towards Kishangarh.

Sources said the suspects were not wearing masks and the number plates of their motorcycles were covered with paper.

The police have registered a case at the IT Park police station. The police said the footage of CCTV cameras installed at Kishangarh village was being scrutinised.

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