VELLORE: Highway robbers have allegedly hijacked two trucks from Pallikonda on national highway connecting Chennai and Bengaluru after assaulting and dumping the drivers off the vehicles before escaping.
As Sources said both the trucks were containing empty cartons from Hosur to a destination in Andhra Pradesh on Monday night when they were intercepted by gangs of highway robbers near the toll plaza in Pallikonda.
Victim A Selvakumar, 51, of Virudnagar, and M Kannadasan, 45, of Manaparai in Tiruchy district, were driving the trucks. Dacoits waylaid the vehicles and assaulted the drivers before tying them with ropes and pushing them under the seat.
After few hours, Selvakumar was thrown off the truck at Kaveripakkam while Kannadasan was thrown off near Wallajah, sources said, adding they managed to reach local hospitals before informing the cops of the incident.
Pallikonda police are holding investigations on the incident. “We are holding investigations. Cases will be registered on the incidents based on complaints received from the drivers,” as Police officer said on Tuesday. Robbers have snatched away cellphones and cash from the drivers.
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