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Bengaluru: An employee of a cash pickup agency was attacked and robbed of Rs 31.38 lakh by bike-borne men in broad daylight on Sakalavara Road near Bannerghatta on Sunday.
According to the complaint, the incident took place at 4:20 pm. Kailash, (24), who has been working with the company since five years as a cash pickup staff had collected the cash from three different pickup points on Sakalavara Road and Kudlu Gate. He had kept the cash in the scooter’s boot space when a group of four men followed him on two scooters and intercepted him.
The assailants pretended to ask for directions in Kannada and, moments later, one of them assaulted him on his hand with a machete. He was pushed off the scooter, after which the attackers fled with the scooter, mobile phone and the cash kept in the boot. The victim’s scooter was later abandoned at a traffic signal.
The accused were wearing helmets and escaped on a black bike and scooter. The victim sustained injuries on his hands in the attack and later lodged a complaint with the police.
The Bannerghatta police have registered a case and a special team has been formed to trace the accused. However, no clues have been emerged so far about the suspects, the police officer said.
The CCTV footage captured the entire incident went viral on social media on Monday.