Six unidentified dacoits robbed a truck containing 400 fertilizer bags after chasing the truck in a car and a motorcycle. The incident occurred near AS Club in Waluj area in the wee hours on Tuesday. The robbers severely beat the driver and the cleaner and robbed 400 bags of fertilizer worth ₹3.
2 lakh cash and the truck worth₹13 lakh, all amounting to ₹16.20 lakh. A case has been registered with the Waluj MIDC police station.
According to the details, driver Yogesh Ashok Kakde (28, Phulambri) and cleaner Laxman Khamat were transporting 400 fertilizer bags in the truck (MH 41 AU 3809) to Sillod. They started for Sillod on Monday at around 5pm and reached near AS Club in Waluj area at around 1.30am on Tuesday.
Three persons in a car (MH02 CL 2276) came in front of the truck and stopped it. Then three persons came on the motorcycle (MH 28 BE 6048). These six unidentified persons then dragged driver Kakade and cleaner Khamat out of the truck and severely beat them with iron rods.
They then snatched ₹20,000 cash from them. The victims shouted for help but there was no one to help them in the deserted place. The dacoits then stole the truck containing the fertilizer.
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