3 men rob tour from Portugal in Bhopal, thrash him for resing; arrested

Bhopal: A tour from Portugal who resed a bid to rob him was thrashed three men on October 23, police said on Thursday after the three were arrested.Police said the tour, Nunu Rodrigues, was in the Mangalwara area of Bhopal on October 23 when the three suspects identified as Sarvar, Afzal and Faisal, all in their mid-twenties, robbed him. Crime Branch inspector Anup Uike said when the tour resed, the three also beat him up.Police said the three were identified on the basis of CCTV footage.“The three accused were passing the Bharat Talkies intersection in an intoxicated state when they spotted Rodrigues. They attacked him but he tried to fight them up, using the selfie stick and sought help. The accused beat him up brutally and fled the spot,” Uike said. Police said the accused are daily wagers and have been booked under section sections 392 (robbery) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of Indian Penal Code.The tour has been informed about the arrest, police said.

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