Gang robs 3 persons of Rs 40.78 lakh cash, gold coins

An unidentified gang robbed three occupants of a car of Rs 40.78 lakh and 46 gold coins after brutally assaulting them near here, police said today.

The occupants of the car were returning to Pattukottai last night after a court at Krishnagiri handedover the gold coins and cash to them.

The gold coins and the cash were stolen from the house of one of the occupants of the car, Jayachandran in September 2015.

Four persons were later arrested in this connection and the booty recovered. It was handed over to Jayachandran yesterday only, police said.

When they were returning, they were brutally assaulted and looted by the gang.
 

The injured have been admitted to a hospital, police said.