Madikeri, Oct. 17 -- Gold traders returning from Mysuru robbed of Rs. 10 lakh; two abducted

Two back-to-back robberies targeting businessmen from Kerala, who frequently use the Kannur-Makutta route via Kodagu to reach Mysuru for business dealings, have shaken the district after a brief lull. The twin incidents have put the Police on high alert.

On Wednesday, a Kerala businessman named Appus was brutally assaulted and robbed of Rs. 10 lakh cash and his purse near Balugodu village in Kodagu while enroute to Mysuru via Gonikoppal-Hunsur route.

Even before the shock of this daylight robbery could settle, another violent heist was reported near Perumbadi on the Kodagu-Kerala border, where two gold traders were abducted early yesterday morni...