<p>A man diverted the attention of a car driver and took away a bag containing Rs 3.5 lakh and documents of a city-based businessman in Commercial Street on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident happened near a jewellery store at 6.30 pm. The businessman, Sudhakar Reddy Annem, a resident of CV Raman Nagar, was at Commercial Street to buy some hardware material. He asked his driver to wait in the car and entered a shop, leaving his bag behind.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Three men approached the driver and one of them told him that there were currency notes lying under the car. The driver got down and found a Rs 10 and a Rs 50 note each. When he was busy picking up the notes, one of the three strangers took the bag and melted into the crowd.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Annem returned and found his bag missing, at which the driver told him what had happened. The businessman lodged a complaint with the Commercial Street police station.</p>
<p>A man diverted the attention of a car driver and took away a bag containing Rs 3.5 lakh and documents of a city-based businessman in Commercial Street on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident happened near a jewellery store at 6.30 pm. The businessman, Sudhakar Reddy Annem, a resident of CV Raman Nagar, was at Commercial Street to buy some hardware material. He asked his driver to wait in the car and entered a shop, leaving his bag behind.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Three men approached the driver and one of them told him that there were currency notes lying under the car. The driver got down and found a Rs 10 and a Rs 50 note each. When he was busy picking up the notes, one of the three strangers took the bag and melted into the crowd.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Annem returned and found his bag missing, at which the driver told him what had happened. The businessman lodged a complaint with the Commercial Street police station.</p>