Armed miscreants looted Rs 34.10 lakh from a motorcycle agency and shot at a customer in Bihar's Gopalganj district today.
The incident took place at Malviya Nagar area when five-six armed men came in a four-wheeler to the motorcycle agency and looted two bags containing Rs 34.10 lakh from a vehicle belonging to the agency owner Rajiv Kumar, the deputy superintendent of police Manoj Kumar said.
The agency's staffers were at the time about to leave for the bank to deposit the cash, he said adding the looters also shot at and grievously injured a customer while decamping.
They sped away to neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, the DSP said.
The injured customer had visited the agency to book a motor bike a day ahead of his 'tilak' ceremony. He was rushed to a hospital at Gorakhpur he said.
The loot triggered a protest by locals who blocked NH 28 for hours causing traffic jam upto a distance upto 10 km, the police said.
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