Rs 7 lakh looted from finance firm at Madhepura

MADHEPURA: Motorcycle-borne armed criminals looted Rs 7 lakh from the local branch of Bharat Micro Finance Company at gunpoint in Madhepura town under the same police station area on Friday.
Police sources said as soon as the branch office opened for transacting business around 10.3am, five criminals on two motorcycles reached there. While two persons kept the bikes started, three of them posing as customers entered the branch and overpowered the staff at gunpoint.They looted the cash from the counter. The criminals asked the staff to hand over the key of a locker/chest, but the employees said it was with the senior official who had not arrived yet.
On receiving information, the SHO with police force rushed to the spot. Madhepura SP Yogendra Kumar also reached there and inquired about the incident.
Sharma said the criminals fled toward Behariganj police station area. He said police have got some clues of the criminals involved in the incident and they would be nabbed soon.