In a daring broad daylight robbery, a woman staff of a private finance company was looted of Rs 1.82 lakh by armed miscreants near Badasankha under the Banpur police station in the district on Sunday morning.
The matter came to light after the victim Babita Patra lodged a complaint with police.
Patra in her complaint stated that she was returning after collecting money from the clients in a two- wheeler when two armed miscreants intercepted her.
The looters then threatened her at gunpoint and decamped with the cash bag containing Rs 1.82 lakh. Besides, the miscreants also fled with Patra’s Scooty.
On the basis of the complaint, police have registered a case and began an investigation into the incident.
Of late, there have been a number of incidents of the private finance companies’ employees being targeted by looters in different parts of the State. PNS