Rs 25 lakh looted from bank personnel, later recovered

Armed criminals today looted Rs 25 lakh from two bank personnel in Bihar's Gaya district, which was later on recovered in a swift police action.

The incident took place near Bakraur village within the limits of Bodh Gaya police station when a bank employee and a guard were carrying Rs 25 lakh to a nationalised bank's Itawa Bazar branch, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Magadh Range, Saurabh Kumar said.

The criminals came in a car without any number plate and waylaid the duo. They also shot and injured the driver of the vehicle in which the two were travelling and fled with the cash, the DIG said.

Acting swiftly, the police put up road blocks and started checking all vehicles, the DIG said adding, a team led by Fatehpur Police Station Officer In-charge Lal Muni Dubey caught the criminals near Fatehpur roundabout and recovered the looted money and the car they had snatched from the duo.

The police also seized the weapon used in the crime from them, he said.

The incident came a day after Rs 60 lakh was looted from a cash van on National Highway 30A near Patna.

Kumar said preliminary investigations have revealed that the criminals arrested in the Gaya loot case provided vital information regarding the Patna cash van loot incident.

The criminals arrested in Gaya hailed from Patna, Bhojpur and Jehanabad districts, the DIG said.

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