Man robbed in broad day light in Sambalpur: two held

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In broad day light, 2 miscreants looted  a person near gaiety road located heart of the town and decamped with Rs.3 lakhs after snatching his handbag on Wednesday afternoon. The incident occurred when the victim identified as Ashok Sen, an employee of Jai Ambe enterprises was returning to his shop after drawing the amount from a local bank, on his way two miscreants appeared in a motor bike (Pulsar) and disappeared after snatching the money bag from him.

On the other hand police chasing the miscreants soon after getting the information, nabbed the accused person near Thelkolei on Sambalpur-Jharsuguda express road, 35 km away from the town, but failed to recover the money. “We are happy that we could nab the accused persons chasing behind them. But we failed to recover the money. We suspect involvement of few other persons in the gang who might have taken the money from the accused persons on the way”, SDPO (Sambalpur) Dilip Kumar Deo said.

“However we hope to recover the money as interrogation is on to ascertain other members of the gang. At present we do not want to disclose the names of the accused persons”, he added. 

It may be informed that snatching of money bags from innocent people coming from bank after withdrawal of money, becomes regular in the town over the past few months. Police have failed to nab the miscreants in earlier cases. But with the arrest of two miscreants, police are hopeful to bust gang involve in the racket.