In a daring act, criminals looted cash and ornaments worth Rs 28 lakh from two different places — Dhanwar and Tundi in Giridih district here on Friday.
According to reports, the desperados armed with explosives fire arms and other weapons swooped on Rajdhanwar Sahu chowk at about 3am and looted the ornaments like gold, silver and others ornaments worth Rs 28 lakhs from a businessman limpak Kumar, who was returning from Kolkata on Friday morning.
The victim was coming to the Rajdhanwar Sahu Chowk in a car when he was accosted by miscreants and forced to give all his money and ornaments at gunpoint. An FIR has been lodged at Dhanwar police station.
In another incident at Tundi area, where six armed criminals, barged into road construction office of JKC near Karamdaha bridge in Tundi area of Dhanbad district on Friday afternoon and looted cash Rs 20 lakhs from the staff of JKC.
The cashier Addi Babu, was physically assaulted before being hit on the head with butt of a revolver. The criminals then forced him to hand over all cash Rs 20 lakh.
The police sealed the borders of Dhanbad and Giridih district and tried to track down the criminals. But late afternoon on Saturday, there was no report of any arrest in this connection. Giridih Superitendent of police Karanti Kumar said that the preliminary investigation is underway for filing an FIR in this connection.