Rs two lakh robbed from a petrol bunk owner

Guntur, July 17 (UNI) A passenger in an auto ricksha was robbed of about Rs two lakh at gun point near Mangalagiri in this district, last night.

K B Subhash Bose, who manages a petrol bunk in Mangalagiri, boarded an autorickshaw to go to his native place. When the auto reached an isolated place, the driver stoped the auto. He and two others who were sitting in the auto masquerading as passengers, dragged man to the adjacent agriculture fields, severely thrashed him and made good their escape with Rs two lakh. One of the assailants was carrying the gun, according to the victim.

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