Three people were arrested on Friday for allegedly snatching Rs 8 lakh from a currency exchange agent who had met them to exchange US dollars for Indian rupees. The crime was reported on January 17, when Mohammad Asif filed a complaint stating that he had arranged Rs 8 lakh and went to Sector 39 to meet the man when he reached the spot, the man asked him to sit inside a car for exchanging the cash, besides him two more people were in the car who drove them to Sector 29 on the way. One of the accused put chilli powder in the victims eyes and snatched his cash bag and dumped him. The Sector 39 police station booked the three accused for abduction and robbery, and the crime branch of Sector 39 launched an investigation under Inspector Pankaj. After four days, they managed to arrest the three accused- Anil 23 Ramjiyavan alias Ram 20, and Jugnu 23- from Sector 52 and Molahera Village during questioning. The main accused Ram told police that he works in a guest house and foreigners used to exchange dollars for rupees from them. He took the phone number of a currency exchange agent and called him on the pretext of exchanging dollars for rupees. They have seized the car and recovered Rs 20000 from the accused
