In broad daylight, bikeborn unidentified criminals looted Rs 80 thousand cash under city police station in Bokaro on Monday.
“Two bikeborn criminals looted the cash form Narendra Singh (70), a medicine trader at Co-operative Colony and escaped, said DSP Ajay Kumar.
Singh made two withdrawals of Rs 40 thousand each from Axis Bank and Canara Bank at Naya More branch and was on the way to his home. As soon as he got down from his scooty near his home, two bike born criminals rushed there and snatched the cash bag from him and escaped, said DSP.
At the time of cash withdrawal from Canara Bank, one of the snatchers was sitting beside me and from bank, he was following me, said Singh the victim. DSP along with cops rushed to Canara Bank to identify the criminal through CCTV footage but none of the camera found inside the bank was covering that the area where the criminal was sitting with the victim. later, police returned empty handed.
“Cases have been registered and we are investigating the matter and the criminals would be arrested soon”, said DSP.
“Meanwhile raids are on to nab the criminals. All entry and exit point were sealed after the incident; he added.
Bank robbery, loot, cash snatching incidents are not new for Bokaro city. More than 12 bank robberies and ATM loot incidents including 120 cash snatching incidents were reported in past few years. It has disturbed the peace of mind of local people. People have always blamed administration for not curbing surging crime.