In broad day light two incidents of robbery occurred in Sambalpur and Jharsuguda

In a sensational bank robbery, miscreants decamped with about 8 lakhs cash on gun point from State Bank of India, Kirmira branch in Jharsuguda district on Thursday.  The miscreants fled away in the same bikes after they successful their mission .Police rushed to the bank but unable to trace the miscreants.   Kirmira is located about 100 away from here, is a well known place in the locality and the local branch of SBI becomes quite helpful for the people residing in the village. The incident panicked the people including the official of the bank.   

“We are in the job to trace out the accused persons. I have personally visited the spot and review the situation soon i received the information. I have instructed my officers  to keep close watch on the situation. We are sure miscreants might not have gone far away because of the immediate police action”, SP (Jharsuguda) Kavita Jalan said.  According to her, miscreants were in helmets when they entered the bank and did not give any scope to the bank officials to identify them. According to her, after through calculation, it was found that the miscreants have taken about Rs.8 lakhs from the bank. “It was around Rs. 8 lakhs and few thousands taken away by the miscreants. We have also seized a motor cycle and a bag left by the miscreants”, SP Jalan said.   

Sources said, the branch located in heart of Kirmira was opened on Thursday morning as usual. Bank staffs were ready to serve the customers coming into the bank for various transactions. Around 11 am, 4 miscreants putting helmets on, barged in to the bank with lethal weapons. They came with two motor cycles. They attacked the guard when he requested them to put off the helmets before entering the bank. 

“Since it was a rural branch, we manage the branch with fewer staff. After attacking the guard, the miscreants appeared inside the branch and threatened us to keep quite waving guns in their hands.  they snatched the money from the cashier. Later they fled away in the same motor cycles after locking us in a room”, a staff of the bank said.

On the other hand the officials of Kirmira police station, located in nearly place rushed to the spot soon after getting the information. The police officials tried to search on various possible routes that might have used by the miscreants, but failed to trace them. 

It may be informed that last year, miscreants looted another branch if SBI in the similar way in Mahulpali of Sambalpur district, which still remained untraced. Police suspected a link with the previous incident. “Though we are not sure but we suspected a link between the two”, a police officer said. 

Robbery in Jewelry shop in Burla town created panic: one held

on the same day another incident occurred in Burla town. Miscreants looted a jewelry shop on gun point in broad day light and decamped with gold ornaments worth of more than two lakhs.  The owner of the shop sustained injuries after miscreants attacked him on his protest. Police rushed to the spot and swam into action deploying forensic experts and sniffing dog.  Police arrested one member of the gang who was caught by the  staff jewelry shop as he could not go because his bike did not start in time.  After taking him  into custody, police expected to solve the case soon after 

Police sources said, 6 persons including two ladies came to the Burla based Shivani jewelry shop in three motor bikes. They intended to purchase some jewelry from the shop. Putting gun on the head of the owner, miscreants ordered him to bring all costly jewelry of the shop. “When I refused a tried to get rid from them, of accused attacked me with a sharp weapon. Then they took   the costly ornaments and fled away in their motor bikes. But one of them could not go because of the trouble of his bike that was caught by my staff with the help of local people”, owner of Shivani Jewelry Durga Prasad Sahu said.

“A case has been registered with Burla police basing on the complaint of the shop owner and begun the investigation. We have arrested the accused caught by the locals. we will interrogate him to know the detain”, a senior inspector of police said. 

Later police conducted raids on several places and arrested few others of the group, but failed to recover the jewelry...