Miscreants looted a total of about Rs30 lakh from a bank ATM and two private persons at three different places in the State during the last 24 hours, according to reports.
An unsubstantial amount of cash was looted from a SBI ATM near Gandarpur in Cuttack city. Police suspected the ATM was looted late on Sunday night. The miscreants set the machine on fire after looting it. The CCTV device from the counter was also missing, police said.
Quoting bank officials, local Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Trinath Mishra said the ATM had around Rs16 lakh before it was looted.
Similarly, two unidentified miscreants looted an employee of a private company of Rs8 lakh in front of the SBI branch at Barbil in Keonjhar district.
The victim was identified as Sisir Sit of the Crackers India limited.
In the third incident, two looters came by a bike and attacked the branch manager of Bhanubanta Agency in Angul and snatched away Rs4 lakh from him.