BENGALURU: High drama unfolded at a fuel station on Wheeler Road in Frazer Town in the wee hours of Saturday when seven men astride three two-wheelers threatened and robbed the staffer of cash.
By wielding a dagger, the gang created panic among customers at Vinod Auto Service Center’s Bharat Petrol Bunk near Coles Park at 4am. CCTV footage of the incident has gone viral on social media.
Fuel station cashier, S Pramod, 22, was on night duty on Friday when two persons came on a bike and asked him to fill petrol for Rs 250. They gave him Rs 500 note and while he was taking out the balance amount, the pillionrider tried to snatch cash. But, he missed it as the rider moved his bike by then. The duo stopped the bike a few feet away. The pillionrider then alighted from the bike wielding a dagger.
“I was refilling another customer’s scooter when the robberer threatened me and demanded cash. Suddenly, two scooters stopped in front of me. Three more miscreants, who were riding pillion on the two scooters, approached me and one of them held my hands tightly. The person holding the dagger took cash from my pocket and all of them sped away in three vehicles,” Pramod stated.
Pramod had sold 280 litres of petrol and 313 litres of diesel till he was robbed. “The collection of the night was Rs 58,302 and payment of Rs 14,872 was made on cards. So, I had Rs 43,430 in cash,” he said. Bharathi Nagar police have taken up a case.
