FIVE unidentified males, one of whom was armed with a handgun, beat and robbed a pump attendant and security guard of cash and other items at the RP Service Station, Triumph Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara on Thursday.The men robbed were pump attendant Dhareswar Budhai, 59, and security guard Sheik Hassan, 55, the police said in a statement.

The incident reportedly occurred around 23:30 hrs. The robbers reportedly went to the service station in a white motor car and ordered the pump attendant to fill the tank, but during the process, they exited the vehicle and pounced on the men.

The pump attendant and security guard were relieved of a total of $14,200 in cash, two cellular phones and 12 gas cylinders filled with cooking gas.

The victims were also dealt several lashes about their bodies by the bandits and locked inside a washroom at the back of the service station.

No arrests have yet been made.