Three miscreants loot Rs 2.10 lakh from ATM staff in Bihar

Three motorcycle-borne miscreants Sunday looted Rs 2.10 lakh from an ATM staff of a bank in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, a police official said.

The three miscreants ambushed the ATM personnel, identified as Murari Lal, and snatched a bag containing Rs 2.10 lakh when he (Lal) went to replenish the ATM with currency notes on his bicycle, Saraiyan Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Shankar Jha said.

The miscreants fired two rounds in the air before decamping with the money, the SDPO said.

The police have recovered an empty cartridge from the site of occurrence.

The incident took place near the ATM located on Chhath Ghat road under the jurisdiction of Sahebganj police station, he said.

The police will investigate the matter, particularly the reason as to why the ATM staff had gone alone and that too on a bicycle, a police official said.