Masked miscreants on Friday robbed an ATM of the State Bank of India (SBI) in Nilgiri of Baleswar district and sped away from the spot.
Later, the Berhampur (Nilgiri) police launched a hunt to nab the culprits after examining their photos captured in the CCTVs.
According to reports five men in two motorbikes barged into the ATM counter at Jamuna, in between Sergarh and Udla , when cash was being into the cash dispenser of the ATM.
When the cash loading employees raised an alarm, some people rushed to the spot and tried to resist the miscreants.
However, they robbers allegedly threatened them at gunpoint and decamped with the cash towards Udla via Mankadapada road, eye witnesses accounts said .
The exact amount of cash looted was yet to be ascertained and police began investigation with the help of a forensic team, reports added.
In another incident, a teacher was robbed by highway looters on Thursday in Simulia. The victim Birendra Kumar Satpathy was intercepted by the miscreants while he returning home after school hours, a few metres away from Simulia police station.
The miscreants brandished sharp weapons and looted cash and his personal belongings before fleeing from the spot. The police began an investigation, said reports.