RAJKOT: Two unidentified highway robbers looted the manager of a private firm in Anjar of Kutch district of his SUV worth Rs 5 lakh, a laptop worth Rs 20,000 and Rs 15,000 cash near Varshamedi village on the outskirts of Anjar on Sunday.
Police said the robbers stopped the SUV by waving at it. “Once the SUV stopped, the accused sprayed some liquid from a bottle into the eyes of the driver, Pratap Thakor. Then brandishing a country made pistol and a knife, the accused made Thakor and Shirish Shrivastav alight from the SUV, and drove it away,” said an official from Anjar police station. Shrivastav, the manager of an organization, originally hails from Uttar Pradesh. He stays in Adipur.
“We have booked the accused, believed to be in their 30s, under robbery and Arms Act,” the official added.
Meanwhile, the police have launched the investigation into the case by checking the footage of the CCTVs installed along the route of the crime.