Petrol pump owner attacked, robbed of his car in Tankara

Rajkot: A gang of six robbers attacked a petrol pump owner and fled with his car before looting him Rs 10,000 in cash in Halmatiya village of Tankara taluka in Morbi district on early Saturday morning.
Police said the victim, Kishor Barasara (42), was driving to his under construction petrol pump on the outskirts of Halmatiya village, when he spotted a gang of six robbers who were trying to break open the shutter of a shop.
“When Barasara asked the robbers as to what they were doing, the robbers left the shop shutter and attacked Barasara with bats. The robbers took away Rs 10,000 in cash from Barasara and his car in which they fled,” said P N Gohel, assistant sub-inspector with Tankara police station.
“The robbers abandoned two bikes suspected to have been stolen ones. While one bike is registered with Jamnagar RTO, the other one is registered under Maharashtra RTO,” added Gohel.
Barasara told the cops that the robbers appeared to be in their late 20s and appeared to be tribals as per the dialect they had used while communicating with each other.