Miscreants attacked a cashier, who was returning home after work and made away with Rs 1.6 lakh in cash near Sattegala in Periyapatna taluk recently.
Cashier Chandrashekar of MKP Wine Shop in Panchavalli in the taluk was returning to Periyapatna with his colleagues Harish and Gowtham on a motorbike when four miscreants attacked them.
One person first attacked the trio and the impact threw them off the bike.
The miscreants then grabbed the cash that was being carried in the bags, threw chilli powder at the trio and fled on two motorbikes.
Chandrashekar in his complaint to the police has said the bag consisted of Rs 1.6 lakh cash, receipts and other documents.
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