Eight armed criminals looted cash and valuables worth about Rs 2 lakh from the house of a Briendra Bhaskar on the Giridih-Dumari road near Jamtara village under the Dumari police station on Saturday–Sunday night. However, one person was reported injured.
According to information through eight criminals, belonging to the age of 25 to 30 years barged into Briendra Bhaskar's house at around 1 am by breaking open the grill lock and jumping from the boundary wall and took him captive.
As seven of the eight criminals were carrying knife and a pistol each, they offered no resistance.The criminals also tied Brindra Bhaskar with rope before starting the loot. According to sources, the outlawed entered the house at around 1 am and decamped with Rs 60,000 in cash and gold jewellery, worth another
Rs 1.5 lakh around 2,20 am. Family members voluntary handed over valuables to the armed robbers who completed their operation in no more than one and half hours, police sources said. Family members raised an alarm after they left. A police team led by Giridih Dy
SP Punj Prakash rushed to the spot and took stock of the situation. According to police, preliminary investigations have revealed that the dacoits were from outside Dumari or Giridih as they were speaking in a Magahi language.