A bag containing cash amounting to Rs 1.50 lakh was snatched away from a recovery agent by some unidentified persons in broad daylight at Shankar Nagar — one of the posh localities of Raipur city on Saturday.Two bikers snatched away the bag that the agent was carrying on Saturday evening, police said.
According to the police, Durjan Mahanand (32) resident of Rajatalab area works as recovery agent with Shyam Medical located in Medical Complex. He is working in the shop since 2004. Mahanand was on his way to the Medical Complex on his bicycle and had reached near Verma Nursing Home, Shankar Nagar around 5 pm. Suddenly, two youths on a bike reached from behind and snatched away the bag in which he had kept the cash, police said.
After the incident was reported, security check was heightened at different spots round the city but the bikers were out of the reach of police till reports last came in.