Bus Robbery near palladam

The Coimbatore Rural District Police have formed special teams to nab a gang that robbed two passengers of Rs. 3.46 lakh at gunpoint in a Government bus near Palladam on Thursday night.

The police said, Ponnusamy (28) and Rameshkumar (32), workers from Mudalipalayam in Tirupur, were travelling from Pollachi to Tirupur via Palladam in the bus. One of them had Rs. 2.46 lakh in his bag and the other Rs. 1 lakh, the amount collected by them from rice merchants at Pollachi.

There were 41 passengers in the bus and when it was approaching Kamanaickenpalayam, two of them threatened the duo at knife and gunpoint. When the duo raised an alarm, one of the culprits opened fire causing panic and silencing the co-passengers. When the driver stopped the bus, the culprits snatched the bags and fled in a van that was following the bus. The gangsters were aware of the schedule of the victims. Superintendent of Police, Coimbatore Rural District, A.T. Duraikumar, held inquiries with the crew and the co-passengers.