Two miscreants fired at a cashier of a company and looted him of Rs 67,000 on Wednesday here.
Sources said the robbers came in a black Pulsar bike, intercepted a jeep of the Riverside Resource Utilising Company that was going towards Narsinghpur near Hanuman temple at Megha. Soon, they terrorized the driver and fired at the cashier. They fled the spot after snatching a bag containing the cash.
The jeep carrying electric materials was coming from Bhubaneswar. The injured cashier was identified as Kesari Kumar Rout, who received bullet injuries in his thigh. He had kept cash of Rs 67,157 with him, which was collected from various customers of the company on Tuesday afternoon.
Athagarh police rushed to the spot, rescued Rout and sent him to the SCB Medical College and Hospital at Cuttack. A case was registered and an investigation is on,” said IIC Bijay Krushna Mohapatra.