Yogendra Nath Shukla, owner of a poultry farm, was robbed of Rs 6.62 lakh when he was going to deposit the cash at a bank along with his business partner Sandip Singh, SHO JagdishpurRK Yadav said.
The incident occurred on the Varanasi-Lucknow National Highway near Jagdishpur Industrial Area. The victim raised an alarm but the accsued managed to escape, he said.
A case has been registered by the victim at the Jagdishpur police station, police said.
The bags fell after a van carrying them overturned on the Amethi-Durgapur road, they said.
The police informed and handed over the tortoise to the district forest department.
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