In a daring broad daylight robbery, unidentified miscreants looted cash worth Rs Rs 1.72 lakh from an ATM cash van after hurling bombs at the vehicle on the Khandapada-Nayagarh road on Tuesday. A person sustained critical injuries in the incident.
Sources said that four miscreants coming by motorbikes hurled bombs at the ATM cash van near Kainthapalli under the Khandapada police station in the district. They looted Rs 1.72 lakh cash from the van and speeded away from the spot. The incident took place when the van was on its way to refill an ATM.
On receiving information, police swung into action and launched a search operation by putting up blockades and frisking vehicles at several entry and exit points to nab the culprits.