Kolkata: Masked robbers strike at Jorasanko office

KOLKATA: Five unidentified persons, wearing masks and caps, allegedly entered into the office of a transport firm, situated on the second floor of Janaki Bhawan on Kashinath Mallick Lane in central Kolkata’s Jorashanko, and decamped with Rs 75,000 in broad daylight around 4.15pm on Saturday. Though locals claimed that a couple of cell phones went missing, cops have not confirmed this yet.Cops at Jorasanko police station registered a case under robbery and Arms Act.
The goons allegedly shut the door of the office, threatened six officials, who were present there at that time, stole the money from the cash box and fled away.
“On the basis of a complaint lodged by one of the officials, Sourav Dutta, the case has been recorded. We have started an investigation,” said joint CP (crime) Murlidhar Sharma. The owner of the firm was not present at the office when the alleged robbery took place.
“The accused seemed to have information about the place, where cash was kept in the office. We are not ruling out the role of an insider behind the incident. We are going through the CCTV footage of the area," said an officer.