Tiruchirappalli, Oct 12: A three-member gang robbed cash worth Rs. seven lakh from three persons after attacking them at the busy central bus stand in this city late last night. The condition of two of the injured victims was stated to be serious, police said. The gang members who came in two wheelers hacked the three persons and hit them with crowbar before relieving them of their cash bag, police said. The victims were agents of the wholesale vegetable merchants and were on their way to board a bus to Coimbatore when they were attacked by the dacoits, police said. The incident caused panic in the bus stand with the passengers running helter-skelter for cover.
The gang members managed to escape with the booty.
Bureau Report