MADHEPURA: Unidentified motorcycle-borne armed men robbed a customer service point (CSP) operator of Rs 3 lakh in cash on the busy NH-107 near Rajpur village under Madhepura town police station of the district on Friday evening.
The CSP operator Mahesh Kumar from Bakhri village was on his way to his village after drawing cash from the agriculture development branch of SBI in Madhepura town on his bike when he was waylaid.
Police sources said the victim along with his colleague set out for the village on a bike being driven by his colleague Chanchal and as soon as they reached near the village, six criminals following them on three bikes intercepted them.
The assailants beat up Mahesh and overpowered his colleague Chanchal. They snatched the bag containing cash at gunpoint from Mahesh. Before other commuters could react, criminals fled on their bikes with the cash. Bystanders took the victim to Madhepura hospital for treatment and informed the incident to Bharrahi outpost of Madhepura town police station.
The OP in-charge Rudal Kumar along with his team rushed to the spot where they reportedly recovered a mobile phone belonging to one of the criminals.