Bihar: Robbers fail to steal Rs 10 lakh as steel box was too heavy

Biharsharif: Armed robbers today failed in their bid to loot Rs 10 lakh from a railway guard of the Rajgir-Danapure passenger train in Bihar’s Nalanda district, police said. About half-a-dozen robbers barged into the train and allegedly robbed Rs 10 lakh contained in a steel box and a walky talky from the guard Jitendra Kumar at gunpoint before jumping out at Harnaut halt, they said. However, the robbers abandoned the cash-filled heavy box near Cheran thermal power station as they failed to lift the heavy steel box, but walked away with Kumar’s walky talky, police said. [caption id=“attachment_1547965” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. AFP[/caption] The robbers also fired several rounds on the cops who ran behind them in their hot pursuit, they said. Confirming the incident, Harnaut police station in-charge Awadesh Kumar Singh said that the looted steel cash box with Rs 10 lakh has been recovered and handed over to the railway authorities. A case has been lodged in this connection and raids are being carried out to nab the robbers, he said. PTI