Unidentified miscreants looted an SUV and cash from two staffs of the District Project Coordinator’s (DPC) office near Tamada under the Gurundia police station in Sundargarh district late on Saturday night.
Amatya Kumar Pradhan and Rajendra Kumar Patra were returning home by a Bolero SUV when six to seven youths wielding knives and lathis intercepted the vehicle by putting trees on the road at around 2 am.
The youths then forcibly took away Rs 85,000, five mobile phones and ATM cards from the victims and dumped them at a bush. They fled from the spot along with the SUV.
Police have started investigation into the incident.