Barely 500 metres away from the lalpur Police Station in Ranchi, three motorbike-borne miscreants on Monday attacked a staff deputed at the Any Time Payment (ATP) Machine of the Jharkhand Urja Vitaran Nigam limited (JUVNl) at Tharpakhna and looted the cash deposited by the JUVNl customers in the machine.
The incident occurred at around 6:00pm near Albert Ekka Chowk in the heart of the city when the JUVNl staff Suraj Kumar was wrapping up his work.
Police said that three persons came on a bike to the ATP machine and pulled down the shutter of the room. They attacked Suraj Kumar with knife and looted the money from the cash machine.
City SP Kaushal Kishor, who reached the spot immediately after the incident said, “The miscreants looted the cash inside the machine. It was over Rs 90,000 of today’s collection and some more cash deposited on Sunday.”
“We are working on the investigation part and yet to ascertain about the identity of the miscreants. It is unclear whether they were habitual offenders or youths looking for easy money,” he said.
Soon after the incident Suraj shouted for help and locals came to the site to find that the floor of the room was filled with blood spots. Suraj was immediately taken to the nearby Sadar Hospital and was released after first aid.
Police has begun search for the criminals after preliminary inquiry from Suraj.