Angul: In daring episode, three unidentified plunderers looted Rs 12.60 lakh cash from two workers of a petrol pump at Chendipada zone here on Monday.
As per sources, the episode occurred when Basant Kumar Majhi and Rajendra Kumar Agarwal, two workers of a petrol pump located at Gopinathpur, were going to State Bank of India (SBI’s) Chendipada branch to deposit the money.
On their way to the bank, three unidentified miscreants overpowered them, thrashed them mercilessly and decamped with the cash, the sources added.
Arun Kumar Sahoo, manager of the petrol pump, said, “Rajendra Kumar Agarwal was driving and Ramesh Kumar Majhi was sitting on the back seat. The miscreants pulled Majhi from the bike and thrashed them mercilessly. Later they decamped with the cash.”