Robbers loot cash from man in Sivasagar

ORHAT: Unidentified miscreants snatched a handbag from a clerk of an educational institution from the Sonari branch of UCO bank in Sivasagar district on Monday. The bag contained Rs 1.14 lakh. Police have launched an investigation.

Officer-in-charge (Sonari) Durlav Das said, "We have received a complaint from Hamidur Ahmed of the Bampathar area that someone snatched his bag at UCO Bank when he had kept it on a table in the staff room inside the office. He is a clerk of Bampathar Bengenabari Higher Secondary school. The amount he withdrew was the salary of the staff-members of the school."

He also said it was mysterious how the bag was lost from inside the bank. "We have registered a case and our investigation is on. A team of investigators went to the bank. But nothing has been found so far," he added.