bengaluru a latenight drive on the new bengalurumysuru expressway proved costly for a resident of kodagu district three miscreants posing as cops robbed him on the expressway under maddur police station limitsthe miscreants robbed the motorist of his gold chain worth rs 35 lakh after threatening him with daggers said police the incident occurred around 230am of june 30 kk muthappa a resident of arapattu in virajpet taluk kodagu was seated in his car near aishwarya international public school when three persons in the guise of cops approached him and asked him to open the car to check for drunk driving muthappa opened the door only to be confronted by three assailants brandishing daggers at him they asked him to hand over his valuables and fled from the spot police saidspeaking to toi on sunday muthappa said he was returning to virajpet after consulting his doctor in bengaluru on june 29 it was already late when i left the hospital so i decided to have dinner before i left bengaluru while travelling on the expressway i stopped for a cup of tea and continued my journey home after a while i felt drowsy and decided to stop at the exit near aishwarya international public school at maddur i was napping when someone knocked on my window there were three people standing beside the car and one of them claimed to be a police officer they wanted to check if i was drunk when i opened the door they pulled out daggers and threatened me he recalledwhen muthappa tried to escape from the passenger door one of them was lying in wait with a dagger on the other side he told police they dragged me out of the car and took my gold chain they then asked me to get into the car and drive away and not to inform police just as i dialled the 112 emergency number the highway police arrived said muthappamandya sp yatish said that they have deputed four highway patrolling vehicles and instructed police to go on a regular beat on the expressway he also emphasized the importance of not stopping at deserted locations on it