Harbhajan Singh robbed in Haryana

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Karnal Haryana (IANS): Thieves broke into cricketer Harbhajan Singh’s car while he had stopped by at a popular cafe near Karnal town Monday evening and took away his laptop and other belongings, police said.

The thieves broke the window panes of Harbhajan Singh’s Ford Endeavour sports utility vehicle (SUV) on the busy National Highway No. 1 (NH-1) near Karnal town in Haryana, 130 km from state capital Chandigarh, police said.

They are said to have taken away his laptop, passport and a bag containing credit cards and other documents.

The incident took place around 6 p.m. Monday outside Cafe Coffee Day outlet at Madhuban near here.

The cricketer had stopped at a popular cafe near Karnal town while on his way from his hometown Jalandhar in Punjab to New Delhi. Harbhajan was inside the cafe when the SUV was vandalized by the thieves.

Police sources said that he immediately called the police for help. While the cricketer, who was recently dropped from the Indian test and ODI side owing to poor form, proceeded towards New Delhi after the incident, the police said that it was investigating his complaint.