Over hundred people were thrashed and looted on Dhanbad to Bokaro route on Saturday. Dozens of vehicles were ransacked. Around Rs 1.50 laksh cash has been looted, said police.
At least eight travellers who got multiple injuries, rushed to the hospital. According to eyewitness , around 2.30 am many masked robbers equipped with sharp weapons first blocked the road and robbed people of valuables. "Dozens of vehicles including cars, buses and motorcycle plying on Dhanbad-Bokaro road were stopped and robbed by robbers", said a victim of the incident.
"Robbers thrashed me, ransacked my car (JH 09AA 2475), looted Rs 15 thousand cash and my gold necklace", said Dinesh a traveler.
Another victim Vinay, a cop of Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) was also robbed and thrashed by the robbers. "Robbers first beaten me black and blue and looted cash", he said. Earlier on 4 March over hundred persons traveling to Bokaro were robbed at 11.30 night at the same place and police are still in search of the criminals. "Our investigations are on, police picked-up four and interrogating them," said OC of the Herla police station. Bokaro SP has given an ultimatum of 48 hours to the OC of concerned police station to breakthrough, said a police source.