In yet another case of loot, two bike-borne criminals snatched away Rs 80,000 from a retired JUVNL employee from near State Bank of India's Dimna Road branch under Ulidih police station area in Mango on Tuesday afternoon.
The incident took place as Vinod Singh, had withdrawn the money from the bank.
The victim was about to keep the packet containing the cash in his scooter.
A youth in his mid-twenties came from behind and snatched away the pocket. Singh (68), cried for help, drawing passers-by attention.
But the youth went over to a biker and subsequently fled the scene.
OC, Ulidih thana, Mukesh Chaudhury came into action on getting the complaint and rushed to the spot.
"We are studying the CCTV camera footage of the bank and also outside so that we may identify the criminals involved in the snatching," said the officer-in-charge.