Criminals loot 2L from petrol pump

PURNIA: Nearly a dozen armed criminals looted about Rs 2 lakh from a petrol pump alongside the NH-31 near Belgachhi under Baisi police station in Purnia district on Friday night.
About a dozen criminals, wearing lungis and pants, walked up to the petrol pump around 11.20 pm on Friday. They thrashed the staff of the petrol pump with lathis and other weapons and forcibly locked them inside a cabin at the petrol pump and looted the cash.They looted about Rs 2 lakh, police said. Baisi SHO Ajay Kumar Jha on Saturday said the petrol pump staff somehow managed to break open the cabin after the criminals disappeared.
Jha said early investigation indicated that dacoits were from same locality and would soon be brought to book.