Cash amounting to `10 lakh was looted from two persons at gun point in the posh Nehru Nagar locality on Monday afternoon here.
“According to the victims, they were on way to deposit cash amounting to `10 lakh in a bank when they were knocked down by two persons riding a bike near Krishna Public School in Nehru Nagar around 12 pm,” Station House Officer (SHO), Supela, Pradeep Mishra said.
Failed to maintain balance, the bike slipped on road and the victims hit the ground. One of the bikers quickly stepped down from the bike and tried to snatch the bag. The victim holding the bag had a little fight with the youth who then waved a country made pistol and siezed the bag away. The victims then tried to chase the looters but they sped
away, the SHO informed going by the incident narrated by the victims.
“During initial investigation, we found a CCTV camera installed in a house facing the road. However, we could not find any visual of victims chasing the looters. There were no scratch marks on the vehicle complainants were riding. The victims have also not been able to tell about the kind of bike attackers or the appearance of the offenders,” the SHO maintained.
Meanwhile a case in this connection has been registered and police has launched investigations.