Dacoits loot cash at gunpoint in Assam's Tinsukia

Guwahati, Jul 19 (IBNS): A sensational robbery incident happened in Assams Tinsukia where unidentified miscreants looted cash at gunpoint.

The incident took place at Naupukhuri area in Tinsukia district, where a group of unidentified miscreants barged into the Mahavir Cold Storage on July 17 evening and looted Rs 12,500 cash at gunpoint.

The entire incident was caught on CCTV camera of the cold storage.

The gang of dacoits suspected that an amount of Rs 10 lakh was hidden at the cold storage and attempted to loot the cash amount.

But the gunmen could recover nothing.

Later, the gunmen forcefully looted Rs 12,500 cash from the cashbox of the cold storage.

Following the incident, the police reached the spot and launched an operation to nab the culprits.

Two gunmen entered into our office and asked me and another employee to give them Rs 10 lakh by showing pistol. They searched but recovered nothing. Later they looted Rs 12,500 from the cashbox, an employee of the cold storage said.

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)