Four unidentified persons inflicted cut injury on a construction worker, A. Nesabalan, 38, before robbing him of ₹34,500 at Basingapuram near here on Saturday night.
The police said that Nesabalan, who was riding a two-wheeler, stopped near the Tasmac shop on Alanganallur highway at 8.30 p.m.
Suddenly, four armed persons surrounded him and one of them attacked him with a machete. Even as he was bleeding, they robbed the cash, mobile phone and his two-wheeler and fled the scene.
Nesabalan has been admitted to the Government Rajaji hospital.
Alanganallur police are investigating the case.
In a similar incident, a youth was robbed of ₹6,000 and a wrist watch by a gang at Vadipatti on Saturday night.
The police said B. Muthumani, 27, from Nilakottai Taluk was sitting near the Viralipatti bridge and talking over mobile phone when a gang that came in two-wheelers assaulted him and snatched the valuables.
The incident took place around 11 p.m.
The Vadipatti police are investigating.
