Cash agent attacked; Rs 31.38 lakh looted on Bengaluru outskirts
Bengaluru (PTI): Four unidentified men on two-wheelers allegedly intercepted a cash collection agent, attacked him with a machete and fled with Rs 31.38 lakh on the outskirts of the city, police said on Monday.
The incident occurred on February 1 on Sakalavara Road near Bannerghatta, involving Kailas (24), and was captured on a CCTV camera, they said.
According to the FIR, the complainant had collected cash from multiple outlets on Sunday afternoon and was carrying Rs 31.38 lakh in the storage compartment of his scooter.
At around 4.20 pm, while he was heading towards Bengaluru on Sakalavara Road, four unidentified persons riding a scooter and a motorcycle intercepted him.
One of the assailants allegedly stopped in front of his vehicle, while another pulled alongside and asked him for directions in Kannada. When the victim replied that he did not know, one of the accused allegedly took out a machete and attacked his hand.
The assailants then pushed him, snatched his scooter and mobile phone, and fled with the cash, the complaint stated.
All four accused were wearing helmets and were speaking in Kannada. They were riding a black-coloured scooter and motorcycle, police said.
The complainant’s scooter was later found abandoned about one kilometre from the crime scene, with the storage compartment broken open and the cash missing, the FIR added.
A case has been registered under Sections 309(6) (robbery) and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at the Bannerghatta station.
Police said teams have been formed to trace the accused, and further investigation is underway.
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Cong 'pocketed' Rs 150 cr per annum from Assam healthcare budget during 15 yrs of rule: Shah
Guwahati (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that the Congress, during its previous 15 years of rule in Assam, "pocketed" Rs 150 crore per annum from the state healthcare budget.
Inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for healthcare projects worth Rs 2,092 crore in Assam, Shah said the BJP works for affordable healthcare for all sections of society and lauded Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for bringing the state's medical facilities at par with states like Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
"Assam's healthcare was in shambles 10 years ago as Congress worked only for the financial health of its leaders' families," he said.
Attacking Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, he said that no Indian supports his acts of "defaming" the country in his bid to oppose the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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He lambasted the Congress for its "shirtless" protest at the recent AI summit in New Delhi and Gandhi for having 'chai-pakora' on the stairs of Parliament House.
"We were also in the opposition and staged protests against the government, but there is a right platform for it," he said.
"Parliament is a sacred seat of democracy. Its stairs should not be used for even dharnas. And Rahul Gandhi was having 'chai-pakora' there. Doesn't he know where to have his breakfast?" asked the Union minister.
Shah inaugurated the Rs 675-crore Pragjyotishpur Medical College and Hospital in Guwahati, at a programme held on its premises.
He also virtually inaugurated two cancer centres at Golaghat and Tinsukia, both under Assam Cancer Care Foundation (ACCF), constructed at a cost of Rs 135 crore each.
Shah virtually laid the foundation stone for super-speciality hospitals at Diphu Medical College and Hospital (Rs 220 crore), Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (Rs 310 crore), and Barpeta Medical College and Hospital (Rs 284 crore).
The foundation stone for a Rs 218-crore Swasthya Bhawan in Guwahati, and the Abhayapuri District Hospital (Rs 115 crore) were also laid by the Union home minister.
Shah arrived here on Saturday evening on a two-day visit to Assam, his fourth visit to the northeastern state in four months.
