This story is from January 9, 2021

Bihar: Rs 17 lakh looted from Muzaffarpur bank, egg vendor shot at

Five unidentified armed criminals looted Rs17.29 lakh from the Bandhan Bank branch at Donawa under Sakra police station area in Muzaffarpur on Friday. The criminals also shot at roadside egg vendor Rajesh Kumar (40), who had caught one of them while escaping.
Muzaffarpur: 5 unidentified men loot 17.29 lakh from bank
The criminals also shot at roadside egg vendor Rajesh Kumar (40), who had caught one of them while escaping
PATNA: Five unidentified armed criminals looted Rs17.29 lakh from the Bandhan Bank branch at Donawa under Sakra police station area in Muzaffarpur on Friday. The criminals also shot at roadside egg vendor Rajesh Kumar (40), who had caught one of them while escaping.
One Santosh Kumar, who accompanied Rajesh in the ambulance to the hospital, told TOI over the phone that the vendor sustained one bullet injury in his chest.
“Rajesh has been referred to PMCH from Muzaffarpur,” he added.
The incident took place within 16 hours of the murder of a trader, Abhishek Agarwal after robbing him of Rs70,000 in the BB Collegiate Lane under Town police station area of Muzaffarpur on Thursday night.
Bank manager Rathin Das said the loot amount would have been more than Rs32 lakh had he not shown his presence of mind. “I was sitting with a customer inside my chamber when the criminals barged inside at around 12.30pm. They asked everyone to assemble at one place in the hall. I also followed a customer,” he told TOI. Das said the criminals asked for the keys to open the iron vault. “I told them that the manager has the keys and he had gone outside for some work. A woman customer also mustered courage to support my version,” Das said, adding that the criminals got convinced, otherwise Rs15 lakh was in the vault.
“They collected Rs17,29,090 from the counters and escaped. Hardly four customers were inside the bank as it was time for namaz in the area,” he said.
The manager said criminals tried to lock them inside but failed as a chain was tied in the gate. “As soon as they left, we rushed outside and raised an alarm,” Das said.
Meanwhile Sudhir Kumar, the owner of a general store on the ground floor of the building, told TOI over the phone that several persons gathered and started chasing the criminals. “Five criminals came out of the branch. They had two bikes, but one didn’t start. This gave us a chance to chase them,” he said.

Sudhir said Rajesh got hold of one of them and pinned him down on ground. But he pulled out a pistol and shot at Sudhir in his chest.
“The criminals fired several rounds after which we backed off. All five hopped on one bike and fled,” he said.
Sakra police station SHO Ramnath Prasad said police have identified the criminals with the help of CCTV camera footages of the bank branch.
“Criminals had stayed inside the branch hardly for six minutes. The bike was seized,” he said.
Muzaffarpur DSP (east) Manoj Kumar Pandey said raids were going on at suspected hideouts. “The person shot at is undergoing treatment,” he said.
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