Motorcycle-borne miscreants today snatched Rs 54 lakh from a bank employee when he along with an armed guard was on his way to feed the bank ATM near Zilla School chowk under Medininagar police station of Palamau district, a senior police officer said.
The employee of ICICI bank and guard were on their way to fill cash in the ATM when two miscreants riding on a motorcycle hit their vehicle.
The miscreants snatched the cash stuffed in two bags after the bank employee and the guard lost their control over the two-wheeler and fell down, police said adding that they decamped with the booty.
Superintendent of Police Indrajeet Mahatha said it was not a loot incident but, a case of snatching owing to sheer negligence on the part of the bank authorities.
Unlike the other day, the cash van of the bank was stopped about 200 meter away from the bank ATM counter even though it was a motorable road and the armed guard has left behind his arm in the vehicle before they left for the ATM counter on a motorcycle when the incident occurred, the SP said.
Besides, the duo did not even raise alarm when the cash was snatched by unarmed snatchers, he said.
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