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Time of India
07-05-2025
- Time of India
Armed robbery of cash and gold worth crores at bank in Samastipur
Patna: Armed miscreants robbed a Bank of Maharashtra branch in Samastipur district of Rs 15 lakh cash and gold deposit worth over Rs 4 crore on Wednesday. The robbers entered the bank branch in the Kashipur locality of Samastipur Town police station area in groups, posing as customers, and then took staff and customers hostage at gunpoint. They carried out the robbery for 45 minutes, before escaping with the booty as well as the cellphones of the bank after getting information, a large police force, led by Samastipur superintendent of police Ashok Mishra and Sadar SDPO, reached the spot and started an said the police received information about the incident from the bank after a considerable delay. "The criminals had locked all the employees in a room and had also taken away the cellphones of the customers. First the Dial-112 team arrived, followed by the Town police. It is being investigated whether the bank's alarm was functioning. Additionally, there was no guard. The bank's senior officials will be questioned regarding this. We are also reviewing the CCTV camera footage from the bank and nearby areas. Police teams have been deployed in the direction the criminals fled, and efforts are being made to identify them."The branch's deputy manager, Shashibhushan Kumar, said at first two pairs of robbers entered the bank under the pretence of opening savings accounts around 11.30am. "They inquired about the required documents, and we were discussing this. Meanwhile, seven more robbers entered and held everyone at gunpoint, before emptying the locker and cash counter. The robbers also took away our cellphones, and escaped easily," he said, adding no one noticed anything, even as the bank is located in a market subdivisional police officer Sanjay Kumar Pandey said that as soon as the bank robbery was reported, the entire town area was sealed off. "The police have set up checkpoints at various locations for vehicle inspection. It is expected that the criminals must have used three to four bikes in the robbery. A close watch is being kept on the commuters. The criminals will be identified and arrested soon."
Time of India
25-04-2025
- Time of India
Body of missing brick kiln worker exhumed from dry pond in Sitamarhi
Sitamarhi: The body of a 25-year-old missing brick kiln worker was exhumed from a dry pond at Rupauli-Rupahara village under Sahiyara police station area of Sitamarhi district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Jitendra Kumar, a native of Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. He used to work at a brick kiln at Madhopur village, said police. According to the police, Jitendra was allegedly murdered and buried in the village pond on March 31 with the help of a JCB machine. The joint team of the local police and the STF exhumed the body after his mother registered a missing report, following which police started an investigation and got a clue about the involvement of a few people, including owner of the brick kiln factory, his driver and two others, in the crime. During investigation, cops learned that Vijay Singh, owner of the brick kiln factory, and his driver, Rajiv Kumar, were hiding in Nepal. The STF team took help from the Nepalese police and mounted pressure on the accused, who surrendered in the district court on Wednesday. "After taking the both accused on remand, the police interrogated the two, who revealed that they buried the Jitendra's body after the murder. Two more culprits are absconding and will be arrested soon. The investigation is underway to ascertain the real cause of the murder," said Ram Krishna, Sadar SDPO.
