LIC commission agent shot at, robbed over Rs 16.87 lakh

A commission agnet of the LIC was shot at and injured before being robbed of Rs 16.87 lakh by unidentified armed miscreants in Phulwaria area in Bihar's Begusarai district, police said.
The incident took place at Mirchaiya Chowk at around 11.30 AM as three unidentified men on a bike intercepted Arvind Kumar Mishra soon after he came out of the LIC office carrying with him a sum of Rs 16.87 lakh in a bag.
The men shot him thrice for putting up resistance before decamping with the booty, police said adding he was hospitalised.
Mishra was attacked while he was walking towards a private bank to deposit the cash after collecting it from the LIC office located on the other side of the road, he said.

The Superintendent of Police (SP) Ranjit Kumar Mishra confirmed the incident, but said the exact amount looted by the miscreants was being verified.