In a broad day light incident, a bike-borne criminal snatched Rs3 lakh kept in a bag from a 34-year-old man near Jaiprabha Complex under Kadma police station area on Tuesday.
The criminal also stabbed the scooty rider identified as Tapas Das while grabbing the money. Das was on his way to Bistupur for depositing the money with the State Bank of India (SBI) on his scooty as the incident took place. When he protested the move of the criminal, he was stabbed. The bike-borne criminal had sped away toward Sashtrinagar having taken the bag containing the cash. As soon as the incident took place, the police rushed him to Tata Main Hospital emergency for treatment.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (law and Order) Vijay Kumar Singh also reached the Tata Main Hospital emergency and spoke to the victim. "I have spoken to the victim it is a case of snatching. We are trying to find out the culprits involved in the crime," said Singh. He said they were looking into whether there were more persons present at the scene of stabbing-cum-snatching.