PATNA: Four motorcycle-borne criminals looted Rs 25 lakh from three toll plaza employees in front of the Amas branch of Punjab National Bank (PNB) along the GT Road in
Gaya district on Friday. Police, however, gave a hot chase to the criminals and arrested two of them. The police also recovered Rs 10.43 lakh of the looted money.
SHO (in charge) of Amas police station Lal Bahadur Yadav said raids were on to arrest two more criminals involved in the crime.
“The arrested criminals have been identified as Shubham Kumar and Pinku Kumar, both in their early 20s. The two are residents of Atri and Wazirganj in Gaya district, respectively. A country-made pistol, an empty cartridge and a motorcycle have been recovered from the possession of the arrested persons,” Gaya SSP Rajeev Mishra said.
The SSP added the incident occurred when the toll plaza employees were about to enter the PNB branch at Amas. “Police reached the spot soon after getting information and gave a hot chase to the criminals. In panic, they took a wrong road and reached Pathra village where the locals challenged them. Two of them were later arrested by police with the help of the villagers,” the SSP said.
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