Four miscreants on Wednesday midnight looted away `1.99 lakh from the locker of the Primary Agriculture Service Cooperative Society limited of Patrapur in Kendrapada district by brandishing a revolver to the watchman. The miscreants entered the society premises by breaking the iron gate and then broke open the locker, said Ali police station IIC Gobardhan Sahu.
According to Sahu, a police team along with scientific and dog squads rushed to the spot and started enquiry.
During enquiry, watchman Subhranshu Sekhar Sahu said he was taking rest in his house near the society when the miscreants entered the society premises.
But as he heard grill open sound, he went with his father to the office. But two miscreants soon nabbed them and brandished revolver at them, while two others broke the locker. Then they decamped with money. Meanwhile, the police detained Subhranshu suspecting his hand in the crime.