Hardware shop employee robbed of over ₹8 lakh near Bantwal
A hardware shop employee was robbed of over ₹8 lakh by four men on motorcycles near Bantwal, India. The suspects, armed with machetes, intercepted the victim while he was collecting payments and fled the scene.
Why it matters
This incident reflects local crime concerns and the risks associated with cash-based business transactions in regional areas.
Four men allegedly robbed a man of ₹8.52 lakh in Maninalkuru Mulkaje, off the Kakkepadavu-Panemangaluru road, near Bantwal, on Thursday.
The Bantwal Rural police said Mayyadi, 40, the employee of a hardware and cement shop at Kannur in Mangaluru, was riding his motorcycle to collect payments from clients to whom the shop had delivered cement and hardware products.
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