A senior woman police officer was looted of her gold ornaments by two motorbike-borne miscreants in front of her official residence at Unit-3 under the Kharavel Nagar police station here on Sunday morning.
The miscreants brandished a gun and snatched a gold chain, earrings and bangles from Vigilance DSP Tanuja Mohanty at around 6.45 am and sped away from the spot. .
Mohanty’s husband said, “As the miscreants attempted to snatch the gold chain from her neck, she raised an alarm, following which I came out of the house. As I approached the looters, one of them took out a gun and threatened me and my wife. Then, they told her to hand over the gold chain and other ornaments worn by her. They fled the spot after the incident.”
A complaint was lodged in this connection with the Kharavel Nagar police and further investigation was underway to identify and nab the looters.
However, the loot from a police official in the heart of the city in broad daylight triggered shockwaves in the area.