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Rs 77 lakh looted in Odisha

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Press Trust of India Bhubaneswar
Last Updated : Feb 03 2014 | 9:06 PM IST
Altogether Rs 77 lakh was looted at gun-point by snatchers in two separate incidents in Odisha's Khurda district today, police sources said.
The snatchers took away Rs 17 lakh at gun-point from the staff of a private hospital in Chadrasekharpur from Damana area in the state capital, the sources said.
The snatchers fired in the air and fled with the money on a motorcycle.
"We have received a complaint and three staff members of the hospital are being questioned," said city DCP Nitinjit Singh.
In another incident, snatchers looted Rs 60 lakh being shifted from a Bank in Khurda to Balugaon by stopping a vehicle at Biribadi Chhak after firing and injuring a securityman, the sources added.

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First Published: Feb 03 2014 | 9:06 PM IST

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