Dacoits beat up petrol pump staff, loot Rs 1.5 lakh in Nashik

Four persons working at a petrol pump in Maharashtra's Nashik district were Saturday assaulted and Rs 1.5 lakh cash looted by dacoits, police said.

The incident happened at Shirwadephata petrol pump on the Mumbai-Agra National Highway at around 3am, an official said.

"The dacoits, riding motorcycles, assaulted the petrol pump staff and snatched Rs 1.5 lakh cash. A case has been registered with Pimpalgaon police station and efforts are on to nab the dacoits," he said.