Miscreants loot Rs 9 lakh from gas agency staff

Three miscreants today looted Rs 9 lakh from two employees of a gas agency in Bihar's Sitamarhi district, police said.

The incident occurred at Barahi village when the two employees of the gas agency were on their way to deposit Rs 9 lakh in a bank at Parihar, Sitamarhi, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Veer Dhirendra Kumar said.

The miscreants fired at the gas agency staff who fell down from their bike and decamped with a bag containing Rs 9 lakh, the SDPO said.

One of the employees of the gas agency received bullet injury. He has been rushed to Sitamarhi Sadar hospital where doctors declared him out of danger.