Sambalpur: Robbery at Gunpoint: Police failed to catch the Robbers
Sambalpur/Rengali: Another robbery at gunpoint in Sambalpur district. A few days ago, there was an attempted robbery in the area of Khetrajpur police station. While the Sambalpur police have not been successful in catching the crooks, on Saturday three crooks robbed Rs 50,000 at gunpoint from SBI’s customer service center near the Rengali bus stand.
Manas Mahana has opened an SBI customer service center near the Bus Stand in the Rengali Rice Depot area. On Saturday Manas brought 50 thousand rupees from his house and opened the service center. Some customers came and withdrew money. At 10 am, 3 miscreants on a bike reached the service center. One of them asked Manas whether the money should be withdrawn first. After saying yes, Manas said that he did not bring an Aadhaar card. Manas said that money could not be withdrawn without an Aadhar card, so the man searched for his Aadhar. As there were multiple women inside the service center, the fraudster cleverly pretended to be trying to withdraw the Aadhaar card online. After the women left the center, one of the assailants from outside barged in with a gun. Immediately the other crook also took out a gun, shut manas mouth, and asked to pay all the money. Out of fear, Manas gave them more than 48 thousand rupees. The 2 miscreants came out from inside the center while another outside started the bike. 3 persons escaped in the numberless Pulsar bike. They were wearing helmets and covered with rugs, making it difficult for the police to identify them. The scene was captured on the CCTV camera. However, a miscreant left his rug at the service center and the police seized it. The police believe that they did planning before the robbery. They are said to have collected data on the number of people coming to the Seva Kendra, the shops in the vicinity, and when there is more money in the Sevakendra. After Manas filed a written complaint at the Rengali police station, the police registered a case and started investigating the incident. After receiving the information, the police team immediately reached the spot and started the investigation.
