Armed robbers loot Rs 6.62 lakh from businessman

Two armed motorcycle-borne men today looted more than Rs 6 lakh from a businessman when he was going to deposit the cash at a bank here, police said.
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.

Meanwhile, the police rescued 525 tortoise, kept in least 11 bags, from Piparpur area here.
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.