In a broad daylight robbery, two bike-borne criminals snatched Rs4 lakh from a staff of a private firm outside the HDFC's Ram Mandir branch in Bistupur on Wednesday morning. The victim Ashok Kumar Gupta (45) is a staff of an Adityapur-based firm. He was coming out of the bank after withdrawing the money.
Superintendent of police (city) Karthik S, deputy superintendent of police (police control room) J Karketta and officer-in-charge, Bistupur police station Jitendra Kumar rushed to the spot to carry the investigation. According to information, the snatchers were waiting on a bike outside the HDFC Bank and as the victim came out of the bank carrying a bag, one of the criminals snatched it and sped away. Senior superintendent of police Amol V Homkar said they were studying the CCTV camera footages from the scanners installed on the Bistupur Main Road for tracing out the criminals involved in the crime.