In an act of bravery, a security guard foiled some miscreants’ ATM loot attempt by putting his own life in danger at Joda in Keonjhar district late on Thursday night.
According to information, three masked miscreants came to an ATM counter of the IDBI Bank at around 1.30 am for looting purpose. However, the security guard, lambodar Mahanta, prevented them strongly for which the latter stabbed him and left the place.
After a while, police rescued him in a very serious condition and sent him to the SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack. The police have seized the CCTV and, on basis of its footage, took two persons into custody and are questioning them, sources said.