Bhubaneswar: Some unidentified miscreants have looted a huge amount from a Bangalore returnee man on the pretext of giving him a lift from Bhubaneswar.
The victim has been identified as Dhiren Parida. He is a resident of Kendrapara district’s Rajkanika.
Reportedly, one miscreant offered Dhiren to give a lift when he was waiting for the bus to Rajkanika near Satsang Vihar in Bhubaneswar on January 1, 2022. He agreed and went along with them. Another man also sat inside the car in the midway, added reports.
Dhiren was, then, offered to drink Amul cool following which he fainted. Taking advantage of the situation, the two miscreants looted Rs Rs. 75,000 and other belongings from him. Thereafter, they threw him off the vehicle near Chhatia in Jajpur district.
Later when he gained consciousness, he went to a truck driver and asked for water. However, the driver thought Dhiren to be a thief and started thrashing him on the spot.
Dhiren managed to run away from the spot and reached Bhubaneswar. He lodged a complaint with Sahid Nagar police station.
It has also been learnt that a similar incident had taken place earlier where a Dhenkanal teacher had lodged the complaint of being looted Rs 46,000. The miscreants involved in this particular robbery also used the same trick that has been mentioned above to loot the teacher.
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