Chandigarh, Oct. 9 -- A shopkeeper from Pinjore was allegedly robbed of Rs.50,000 cash and his mobile phone by a car driver in Sector 26, Chandigarh.

According to the complaint submitted to the deputy superintendent of police, the victim, who runs a grocery shop on Nalagarh Road in Pinjore, said he had come to the Sector 26 mandi on October 6 along with his worker, Arjun, in his car to buy groceries. They parked their vehicle near a shop before proceeding into the market.

The complainant told police that around 2.30-3.00 pm, a man driving a car (bearing registration number HR26A 88...) approached him near the Peepal tree in the fruit market and offered to drop him off, addressing him as "Uncle." When the shopkeeper accepted the offer an...