Kanpur: Four goat traders were allegedly robbed of Rs 4.31 lakh at gunpoint after a group of assailants waylaid their car and attacked them with sticks on the Kanpur-Aligarh highway in Shivrajpur on Thursday morning.The victims, Shahid and Adil, both residents of Chaubepur, were travelling with two companions in a hired Eeco car to Kannauj to purchase goats when an XUV approached from behind between the Dubiyana and Ganga Road underpasses on the Shivrajpur bypass.According to the traders, the assailants overtook their vehicle, parked the XUV in front of it and blocked its path. They then attacked the car with sticks and smashed its windows.The attackers allegedly brandished a country-made pistol and robbed the traders of Rs 4.31 lakh. However, they failed to find cash that had been kept separately by the other two traders.Shivrajpur police inspected the scene and launched efforts to identify the assailants. Station house officer Amit Singh said police were investigating the case.
