Rs 3 lakh looted

Ambikapur, Jan 1 (UNI) About 25 armed miscreants looted Rs three lakh from more than two dozen truck drivers and shot dead one conductor at Varanasi road, 40 km from Sarguja district headquarters, police said today.

The truck drivers had halted at a 'dhaba (restaurant)' near Durti village last night to take dinner when the robbers started to carry out the loot.

Meanwhile, a truck conductor, who was sleeping in the cabin of a truck, started to shout and switched on the light.

The robbers asked him to switch off the light and one of them opened fire on him. The conductor died on the spot.

UNI