In a daring incident, the unidentified goons have looted Rs ten lakhs of Gauriakarma branch of State Bank of India, on Monday noon between Devchanda more and Gauriakarma village.
In broad daylight six criminals who were on two bikes stopped the private car of Bank staffs and after looting the amount, successfully escaped from the place. The incident took place at about 12:30 noon near the railway over bridge site
from where Gauriakarma village is hardly five kilometers away. Cashier Ritesh Kumar Sharma and Guard Kishor Oraon who were carrying ten lakhs cash to their branch on a private Maruti Alto car having number JH 02J-7277 has said to the police that near railway site, six men stopped the car and took them on gunpoint and then forcibly snatched the bag in which cash was kept.
Driver Gunjan Kumar has said that six youth aged about 25 years who were on two bikes started following the car from Devchanda more which is on NH 33. Before the railway site they overtook the car and suddenly stopped the bikes in front of the car and as I stopped the car they immediately took us at their gunpoint. After getting information, Barhi police team led by DSP Avinash Kumar reached at the spot and started investigation. After preliminary investigation he said that the amount looted was withdrawn from SBI main branch, Hazaribagh, for SBI Gauriakarma Branch.
At about 11:30, they started from Hazaribagh and at about 12:30 the incident took place. The site of incident is about 35 km from Hazaribagh. Barhi police returned back with the bank staffs and Alto car on which they were carrying the cash. At the time of filing of this report, the police was engaged in talking with other bank staffs that were called to the PS after duty hour. Meanwhile, DSP Avinash Kumar has said, “Within half an hour of the incident, we have sealed all the important roads of the area and an intensive vehicle checking is going on.” He hoped that the miscreants will not be successful in going out of the area.
SP Hazaribagh Manoj Kaushik has also taken the incident seriously and said that investigation is going on in full swing. “We are looking at every angle to find out whether somecriminals have done it or bank staffs are also involved,” he added. Kaushik said that carrying such a huge amount in a private car without giving any information to the police and no resistance from the guard side creates doubt.