Two unidentified motorcycle-borne persons on Tuesday shot at an Assistant Branch Manager of Central Bank of India in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district and escaped with cash amounting to Rs 5 lakh, police said.
The incident took place in Sevar village falling under limits of Belha police station around 11 am, said Bilaspur Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) J R Thakur.
“Assistant Branch Manager of Central Bank Govind Singh Kashyap was shot at by two masked persons in limits of Belha police station and they made away with cash to the tune of around Rs 5 lakh meant for the bank’s satellite branch. In the incident, Kashyap suffered bullet injury in his thigh,” the ASP said.
The victim was rushed to Apollo hospital where he was reported to be out of danger, added the officer.
According to Thakur, the Assistant Branch Manager and a Cashier along with cash worth Rs 5 lakh were heading towards Sevar village around 5 km from Belha when they were stopped by motorcycle borne persons. The masked persons fired on motorcycle of bank personnel following which the motorcycle skid out of the road and fell. The miscreants snatched the bag containing cash and shot at Kashyap when he displayed resistance. The robbers have used country-made pistol to execute the crime, he said .
Thakur said : “After being informed about the incident, police geared up for action and sealed entry/exit points of the district. Besides, several thoroughfares were barricaded for ensuring intense frisking.”
In this connection, police have registered an offence under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and launched a hunt for unidentified persons, he said.