PUNE: A painting worker (32) suffered deep cut injuries to his hands after two persons waylaid and attacked him with a knife before robbing his cellphone and cash on the Chakan-Shikrapur road at Rase village, on the outskirts of Chakan, late on Monday night.
Assistant inspector Vikram Gaikwad of the Chakan police said the victim, Moreshwar Panchal of Khed, was returning home after work. “He stopped at a secluded spot along the road to answer nature’s call around 10.45pm,” he said.