CHANDIGARH, Dec 18: A 34-year-old private worker was robbed at knifepoint near the railway track close to a temple in Ramdarbar on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
The victim, Amresh Kumar, a resident of Hallomajra, told police he was on his way to work in the Phase-2 Industrial Area when two youths stopped him around 2:30 p.m.
“One of them put a knife on my neck while the other held my hands and took my mobile phone from my pocket,” Kumar said in his complaint.
He told police the assailants threatened to kill him if he informed authorities before fleeing. Kumar said the suspects addressed each other as “Guli” and “Kartik” and claimed he could identify them if brought before him.
Police registered a case of snatching and criminal intimidation and said efforts were on to trace the suspects.
