In yet another broad daylight incident, two armed bikers looted cash amounting to Rs8 lakh at gun point from two employees of a firm at Ring road on Tuesday afternoon. The incident occurred near Jaika Automobile, Superintendent of Police (SP), Raipur, OP Pal said.
“Between 1:30 pm and 2 pm Raju Sahu and Rajesh Mahobia who work for ‘Touchstone’ agency located in Ring road were on way to deposit cash in SBI’s Jaistambh Chowk branch on a bike,” he said.
They had reached near Jaika Automobile when two youths wearing scarf on face riding a blue coloured bike intercepted them and took them on gun point. They then snatched the bag and sped away, Pal said.
Soon after getting the information, a police team swung into action and heightened checking at entry and exit points of the city. However, the police could not nab the offenders. Meanwhile, a case in this connection has been registered with Purani Basti police station and investigations have begun.