5 lakh looted from trader in Jehanabad

Patna: Two unidentified bike-borne criminals on Tuesday looted Rs 5 lakh from one Vivek Ranjan (30) near Arwal Mor under Town police station in Jehanabad district.
The incident took place at around 11.30am when Ranjan after coming out of Bank of India branch located at Arwal Mor was moving towards Bazar Samiti where his shop is located.
Town police station SHO Nagendra Singh said, "Ranjan had moved barely a few yards of the bank when the two criminals came from behind and snatched the bag containing cash."The criminals did not flaunt any arms as they easily snatched the bag containing cash and sped away from the spot," the SHO said and added the identity of the criminals were yet to be ascertained by police.Asked if the criminals were also present on the bank premises, the SHO said investigation is still going on in connection with the loot.He said police are taking help from the CCTV footage of some shops located near the place where the loot took place. He said Ranjan is a native of Mallah Chak under Town PS . Meanwhile, Jehanbad SDPO Ashfaque Ansari said the CCTVs installed in the bank were not working for the past couple of days and they had submitted a written complaint with the Town PS in this connection.
"It would be hard to tell if any suspect were present inside the bank in absence of the CCTV footage of the bank premises," the SDPO added.
He said the district administration has issued guidelines to the bank for installing CCTV inside the premises but most of them ignore.