Unidentified miscreants looted Rs 1.15 lakh from the Bhojpur branch of Utkal Gramya Bank (UGB) under the Kuchinda police station on Tuesday.
As per reports, five persons barged into the bank at around 12. 15 pm and terrified the staff and bank customers. They took away the cash from the strong room and from the cash counter at gunpoint.
They also snatched mobile phones of the customers present. They fled from the place by two motorbikes of customers before the police reached.
Bhojpur is a small place and the bank has no security of its own. At the same time, the transaction is also no high.
Sambalpur SP Prateek Kumar Mohanty was personally monitoring the case with four teams of police officers deployed at different places. The police stations of the neighbouring districts of Deogarh and Jharsuguda were alerted to keep watch on suspected persons.