Giving an open challenge to the Commissionerate Police, two bike borne unidentified miscreants snatched a bag containing Rs 1.5 lakh from a trader in broad daylight near State Bank of India located at Satyanagar here under Kharvel Nagar police station on Saturday.
The victim Akshay Kumar Baral (32), an electronic trader and a resident of Delang in Puri district, said at around 1pm, when he withdrew Rs 1.5 lakh from Axis Bank at Satya Nagar square and moved towards SBI located in front of St Xavier School in his bike, suddenly two bike borne miscreants in a number less Black Pulsar snatched away the bag and fled from the spot. Baral lost balance while the bag was being snatched and fell on ground sustaining injuries on head, hand, shoulder and chest.