Mohali, July 24 -- A 34-year-old man was allegedly assaulted and robbed of his SUV after two unidentified men struck up a conversation with him while he was sitting inside his SUV outside his residential society in Zirakpur on Monday night, police said.

The victim, Ankush Kanwar, is a private company employee and resident of Zirkapur on Gazipur Road. Police said the incident occurred around 10.30pm on July 20.

Ankush in his complaint alleged that he was sitting inside his white Mahindra XUV300 near the Ganda Nullah bridge close to the society gate, when two young men arrived on motorcycles and started talking to him.

Ankush said one of the accused asked him for a cigarette. "When Ankush said he did not have one, one of the accused went...