Four unidentified miscreants on Saturday night looted `4,000 from a petrol pump at Taradapada on the outskirts of Jagatsinghpur town.
The miscreants snatched the cash bag from a petrol pump staff by brandishing revolver. They had reached the petrol outlet by two bikes and asked for petrol. After they getting oil filled up in their bikes, they did not pay the price and began fleeing from the spot.
Petrol pump staff tried to overpower them, but one of the pillion riders opened fire while the other criminals rushed back to the petrol pump cash counter and grabbed the money from the cash box before fleeing away.
The petrol pump owner lodged a complaint at the Jagatsinghpur police station. Inspector-in-Charge of the police station Sanjeev Mohanty said a manhunt has been launched to trace the criminals while one person has been detained. He refused to divulge the detained
person’s identity on the ground that it would affect investigation.