Rs 1.5 mn robbery in Chandigarh

CHANDIGARH - A trader here was robbed of Rs.1.5 million (Rs.15 lakh) at gun-point Tuesday morning, police said.

According to the police, the trader had withdrawn the money from a Western Union money transfer office in the busy Sector 35 market. Just a few minutes later, his car was stopped by two men who forcibly took away his bag containing the cash and escaped.