Imphal: A small-time businessman was robbed of Rs 1.7 lakh in cash at gunpoint at a location near Lambung in Manipur’s Chandel district, according to a police report on Wednesday.
The businessman later identified as Nongmaithem Arjun, 23 a resident of Kakching in Kakching district was waylaid by six persons who came on a white colour Bolero at around 6 pm on Monday.
The miscreants forcefully stopped the Maruti Gypsy, the businessman was driving and then one of them whipped out a small weapon and assaulted him.
They were demanding to hand over the money in his possession, according to a police complaint filed on Tuesday.
Nongmaithem Arjun belonging to a Meitei community was operating a small-time business at Chandel district headquarters.
He got married to a tribal woman from the same district.
Meanwhile, police said that a case has been registered and attempts are on to nab the looters.