Patna: Private firm staff robbed of Rs 1.96 lakh

PATNA: Three bike-borne criminals looted Rs 1.96 lakh from two employees of a microfinance company near Ghurdaur Road under Rajeev Nagar police station in the state capital around 3pm on Tuesday.
Anshu Kumar Sinha, the relationship executive of the firm named Vedika Credit Capital Limited, told this newspaper at the police station that he along with colleague Gaurav Kumar was going to deposit the money in the Indian Overseas Bank branch on Boring Road when the criminals intercepted them at road number 25-A in Rajeev Nagar.
"Gaurav was carrying the money in a bag on his bike. I was on another bike behind him. Two armed criminals on foot suddenly came in front of us near a narrow T-shaped turning of a bylane," he said.
Sinha said Gaurav fell down while trying to stop the bike. "One of the criminals opened fire in the air and snatched the bag containing cash. One of their associates was waiting on a bike just a few feet ahead in the narrow turning," he said.
Sinha said both the criminals sat on the bike and the three fled while firing another round in the air.
"We informed the office as well as police about the incident," he said. Sinha said the money was monthly instalments collected against group loans on Tuesday only.
Another staff of the firm said cash was looted from one of their employees at Rajeev Nagar in 2016.
Patna SSP Upendra Kumar Sharma said efforts were on to identify the criminals involved in the loot.