In a daring broad daylight robbery, three armed miscreants looted Rs 7.80 lakh from a toll plaza employee at gunpoint near Jhagarpur here on Wednesday.
Sources said the employee was on his way to a bank to deposit the cash when three bike-borne miscreants intercepted him. One of them brandished a gun while another snatched away the bag. The trio fled with the cash in a flash before the victim could raise an alarm.
“The bike bore a number plate of Jharkhand and the miscreants were conversing in Hindi. They sped away towards the Biju Expressway after the robbery,” said an eyewitness.
Meanwhile, police after preliminary investigations have detained two persons including a security guard for questioning, after an FIR was lodged by the victim.
“A complaint has been filed and investigation into the incident is on. We are trying to get in touch with our counterparts at Jharkhand to identify and trace the culprits,” said a police official.