Ludhiana, Dec. 29 -- A 20-year-old trader from Uttar Pradesh was robbed of Rs.2 lakh in cash and other valuables after being attacked with sharp-edged weapons by two motorcycle-borne assailants, moments after he got off a three-wheeler near Madhopuri Chowk in Ludhiana on Saturday, police said.

The victim, identified as Rajdeep Naik, a resident of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, told police that he had come to Ludhiana to purchase woollens for resale in his home state. After arriving in the city by bus, he hired a three-wheeler to travel to Madhopuri Chowk, a major wholesale woollens market.

"As soon as I stepped out of the three-wheeler near a hotel in the area, two unidentified men on a motorcycle approached me and attacked me with sharp-edg...