Dhenkanal: A group of armed miscreants looted cash and gold jewellery from a bank in Rasol here on Wednesday. The incident took place today afternoon when four miscreants forced themselves into the Rasol Gramya Bank and threatened the cashier at gunpoint.
The employees were locked in a room and the hard disk and other electronics equipment were taken away along with the cash and gold ornaments, reports stated. Few minutes after carrying out the armed robbery, the miscreants fled from the spot on two Bullet motorcycles.
The four miscreants were wearing masks and threatened the employees at gunpoint. Rasol police rushed to the spot and rescued the locked employees. A case has been registered in this connection and Dhenkanal SP is monitoring progress of the investigation, reports added.