Bank employees attacked, Rs 50 lakh looted
Unidentified men attacked employees of a public sector bank and looted Rs 50 lakh at Sukhapol, about 45 km from Orissa.
By PTI |
SAMBALPUR: Unidentified men attacked employees of a public sector bank and decamped with Rs 50 lakh at Sukhapol, about 45 km from Orissa on Wednesday, police said.
Five employees of the Union Bank of India were carrying the cash in a jeep from Rourkela to Bhubaneswar when over half-a-dozen attackers in another jeep blocked their way on Sambalpur-Cuttack national highway near a bridge, they said.
The bank employees were dragged out of the vehicle and some of them beaten up by the attackers who later tied their arms at gun point before decamping with the box containing cash amounting to Rs 50 lakh, police said.
The robbers moved towards Sambalpur in their jeep and a massive hunt has been launched to nab them, they said adding that police personnel in the entire region have been alerted and patrolling intensified.
As the attackers were suspected to have proceeded towards Chhattisgarh, the police in the neighbouring state have also been alerted, while strict vigil was being maintained at all check posts and exit points, they said.
Though the area is naxalite affected, it is not certain whether ultras were involved in the incident.
Five employees of the Union Bank of India were carrying the cash in a jeep from Rourkela to Bhubaneswar when over half-a-dozen attackers in another jeep blocked their way on Sambalpur-Cuttack national highway near a bridge, they said.
The bank employees were dragged out of the vehicle and some of them beaten up by the attackers who later tied their arms at gun point before decamping with the box containing cash amounting to Rs 50 lakh, police said.
The robbers moved towards Sambalpur in their jeep and a massive hunt has been launched to nab them, they said adding that police personnel in the entire region have been alerted and patrolling intensified.
As the attackers were suspected to have proceeded towards Chhattisgarh, the police in the neighbouring state have also been alerted, while strict vigil was being maintained at all check posts and exit points, they said.
Though the area is naxalite affected, it is not certain whether ultras were involved in the incident.
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