WEDNESDAY, 25 JULY
2012 23:56
SUDHIR MISHRA N
BALANGIR
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In an unexpected and daring broad daylight robbery, at least three
dacoits looted `10 lakh on Tuesday after noon while the cash was in transition
to the Utkal Gramya Bank branch at Dhandamunda from the State Bank of India,
Patnagarh branch, 70 km away from here.
According to reports, cashier of the
Utkal Gramya Bank Dhandamunda branch Sudarshan Bhoi along with messenger
Pradeep Pand had come to Patnagarh to carry cash from the SBI, Patnagarh.
While the cashier and the messenger
were returning with the cash in a car to Dhandamunda in the afternoon, they
found a person repairing his bicycle almost blocking the narrow road at Budhi
Padar, about 5 km behind Dhandamunda town.
Seeing this, the car stopped and
Pradeep, the messenger, got down and asked the man to move to a side and make
way for the car. Suddenly two youths came out and injured Pradeep with a sharp
weapon. Then they sprayed chilli powder on the face of Pradeep and the cashier
who was inside the car and snatched the cash bag which contained `10 lakh in
cash. The injured messenger is undergoing treatment at Patnagarh hospital.
This incident has exposed the
vulnerability of those carrying cash remittance from one branch to another,
which requires better security arrangement to avert such mishaps during transition
of cash.
“A case of robbery has been
registered in the Khaprakhol police station and we are trying to nab the
culprits,” said Balangir Superintendent of PoliceR Prakash.
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