Patna/Samastipur: Unidentified criminals looted Rs 5 lakh from the in-charge of a customer service point (CSP) of a nationalized bank and shot him dead in Samastipur district on Monday.
The deceased, identified as Sunil Kumar, is stated to be the younger brother of former MP from Ujiarpur and JD(U) district president of Samastipur Ashwamedh Devi.
The incident took place around 1.30pm near Jhakhra village under Sarairanjan police station area in the district.
Police said five criminals on three motorbikes intercepted Sunil when he was returning to his CSP at Meyari on a bike after withdrawing the cash from Sarairanjan branch of the Central Bank of India.
The criminals escaped with the looted amount after leaving Sunil in a pool of blood.
He was rushed to a local primary health centre where the doctor declared him brought dead.
The news about the loot and subsequent murder on the busy road spread like wild fire in the area and some local residents blocked the NH-103 to vent their ire.
The protestors dispersed only after Samastipur SP Manavjeet Singh Dhillon assured them that the criminals would be arrested at the earliest.
Earlier on May 19, another CSP in-charge, Omnath Choudhary alias Prashant Kumar, was robbed of Rs 1.5 lakh and gunned down near Sivaisinghpur under Mohiuddin Nagar police station area in the district.
When contacted, Dhillion said a special team has been assigned the task to crack the two cash loot cases.
“We hope to get results very soon,” he told this newspaper over phone.
Another police officer associated with the probe said a few suspects have been detained for interrogation on the basis of CCTV footage obtained from the bank.
The criminals were reportedly chasing Sunil from the bank itself, the officer said.