Five or six motorcycle-borne armed miscreants looted Rs 3.5 lakh and some gold ornaments from the manager of a petrol-pump –Maa fuel petrol pump, near Pargodih about 4 km from Jamua police station here on late Sunday night .The jamua police have launched manhunt to track down the criminals.
According to officer-in charge K.N. Prasad ,two motorcycle-borne criminals went to the petrol station ostensibly to re-fill their fuel tank at 8;30 pm on Sunday. As soon as the salesman started filling tank .Two of the miscreants rushed to the cash counter, forcibly entered the room at gun point and asked the manager Prakash Das to hand over the cash .
The fear –stricken manager and cashier handed over the day- evening’s sale proceeds amounting to Rs 3.5 lakh to the miscreants. The criminals are reported to have beaten up the staffs of the petrol pump. They fled on two wheelers towards the NH-2, police said.