CHENNAI: A two-member gang attacked an employee of a steel firm and robbed him of 5 lakh at Maduravoyal on Saturday night.
Police said Dinesh, 27, a resident of Vanagaram, was employed at a private steel company for the past seven years. He usually collected money from several firms and brought them to his office as he was assigned to deposit the company’s money in a bank.
On Saturday night, he collected five lakh from Uthiramerur and then took his bike parked at a parking lot in Erikarai in Mogappair. He dropped his friend who was riding pillion at a nearby locality and was returning home alone. When he reached Odaimanagar, two men on a bike intercepted him. They threatened him to part away with his valuables, but he refused. Following an altercation, they attacked him and took away his money.
Police have launched a hunt for the two men, who were wearing masks.
