COIMBATORE: A realtor from Kerala was waylaid and robbed of Rs 27.5 lakh by a gang at Navakkarai on the Coimbatore- Palakkad road on Friday morning.
Abdul Salam, 50, from Malappuram in Kerala was on the way to Malappuram from Bengaluru in a car. A Samsudin, 42, of Malappuram was behind the wheel.
“When they reached Navakkarai around 4.05am, a sports utility vehicle waylaid the car and a multi-utility vehicle dashed the car from behind. When Salam and Samsudin got down from the car, seven people emerged from the other two vehicles, attacked the duo and drove away the car towards Kerala. Salam had kept Rs 27.50 lakh in the car,” a police officer said.
The duo sought help from motorists, who dropped them at KG Chavadi police station. Inspector general of police (west zone) K Periaiah, deputy inspector general (DIG) of police (Coimbatore range) K S Narenthiran Nayar and superintendent of police Ara Arularasu inspected the crime scene and instructed cops to conduct vehicle checks across the interstate border and across the district.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that Mohammed Ali, a Malappuram-based jeweller, had sent Salam and Samsudin to Bengaluru to receive the money from some people there, the officer added.
“We have formed three special teams to nab the culprits. We plan to meet Ali to learn more about the money transportation,” said Arularasu.
The KG Chavadi police have registered a case.