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Daring robbery in Connaught Place, 14 lakhs looted

Staff Reporter

Man robbed of Rs. 14 lakhs by four motorcycle riders

NEW DELHI: A money changer was robbed of about Rs.14 lakhs besides some foreign currency by four motorcycle riders at Connaught Place here on Monday evening. The robbers abandoned one of the two motorcycles used in the crime after it crashed against the central verge of the road while they were fleeing in a hurry. It all happened around 8-30 p.m. when the money exchanger, Raju Sharma, came out of his No. 13 Raza Market Janpath Lane office with a bag containing the money. He was walking towards his vehicle when four young men on two motorcycles intercepted him and tried to snatch the bag. At this, Mr. Sharma put a stiff resistance and raised an alarm.

However, since one of the robbers was brandishing a revolver, no one came forward. Though he fought with the robbers for about 10 minutes, in the end the culprits managed to snatch the bag as he lost hold of it on being hit on the head with the butt of the revolver. Subsequently, the culprits fled from the spot. Mr. Sharma in the meantime continued to cry for help, which caught the attention of a policeman who was passing by. The duo then gave a chase to the robbers in an auto-rickshaw. In the melee, one of the two motorcycles on which the robbers were fleeing hit the central verge and two of the robbers fell on the road. However, they managed to regain composure and flee on foot.

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