Man robs petrol bunk cashier at knifepoint

Coimbatore: An unidentified person barged into the casher’s office of a petrol bunk at Anna Nagar at Palladam in Tirupur in the early hours of Friday and attacked and robbed him of Rs 9,000 at knifepoint. The Tirupur police have formed four special teams to nab the robber and his aide.
An investigation officer said the casher, identified as C Mani, 48, of Chinniyagoundenpalayam near Palladam, was admitted to a private hospital with head injuries.
He said the incident took place at the Reliance Petrol bunk a little after 2am on Friday. “Two people came there on a bike around 2am and filled petrol themselves, as there wasn’t any staff around, and left. After five minutes, they returned. The pillion rider knocked on the casher’s office door and Mani, who was sleeping, opened the door.”
The pillion rider threatened Mani at knifepoint, hit him on his head and locked him in a room. “Later he took away the cash and central processing unit of a computer, mistaking that for the digital video recorder of CCTV cameras. The rider was waiting for him on the bike,” the officer said.
The Palladam police have registered a case under Section 394 (voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery) of the Indian Penal Code. The special teams have collected CCTV footage from nearby areas.
“The rider was wearing helmet while the pillion rider was wearing face mask. So, we haven’t identified the culprits,” the officer said.