Ambala, October 1

An Army man was waylaid, assaulted and robbed of cash and valuables at Parav near here.

In his complaint to the police, the victim, Sanjay Kumar Prasad of Baldev Nagar near here, said he came back from the PGI, Chandigarh, after visiting the ailing father of his friend around 12.30 am today. He was on his way from the Ambala Cantonment bus stand to his friend Hassanpreet Singh’s house in the Railways Colony here.

“On the way, I saw four youths consuming liquor near the Railways overbridge in Parav. As I was moving ahead, they waylaid me on their motorcycles and started thrashing me without any provocation,” he revealed.

According to the complainant, the assailants snatched his gold chain, ring, wrist watch, mobile phone, wallet containing Rs 3,000 and a bag containing documents before fleeing away. The police have registered a case. — TN