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TASMAC outlet salesman attacked

Staff Reporter

TAMBARAM : A salesman employed in the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) outlet was attacked by two unidentified men on the Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road on Tuesday morning.

However, culprits' attempt to rob him of Rs. 1.64 lakh in cash which he was carrying in a bag was aborted.

Sivakumar was travelling to a bank in Tambaram with the amount that was collected from sales on Monday. The assailants riding a motorcycle intercepted Sivakumar, attacked him him with a screw-driver and tried to snatch the cash bag. However, they fled when passers-by gathered. Sivakumar was hospitalised with minor injuries.

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