Jalgaon, Oct. 11 -- Armed robbers targeted a petrol pump owned by union Minister of State Raksha Khadse in Muktinagar, Jalgaon district, assaulting employees and escaping with over Rs one lakh in cash.

The incident occurred last night, at the Raksha Auto Fuels petrol pump situated along the Mumbai-Nagpur highway, where five individuals arrived on two two-wheelers around 11:30 pm.

The assailants, finding staff members Prakash Mali and Deepak Khosa alone at the facility, physically attacked them while brandishing a country-made firearm. After threatening the employees, the robbers seized approximately Rs one lakh before vandalising the petrol pump office equipment, including computers, printers, and the closed-circuit television recording s...