An amount of Rs62,000 was looted from field officer Golak Bhuyan of Gram Utthan, a finance company, here while he was returning by a passenger auto rickshaw after collecting money from SHGs of different villages in the evening on Tuesday.
According to sources, Bhuyan after collecting the money from the SHGs boarded the auto from Khuntuni. He was followed by at least three miscreants, who were in a black colour Pulser motorcycle. Near Dorada, the criminals stopped the auto and snatched away Bhuyan’s money-containing bag at gunpoint.
On a tipoff, police reached the spot and began investigating the incident and quizzed the field officer.