Rourkela: Two masked miscreants stole Rs 3.5 lakh from a parked motorcycle in broad daylight near College Square, Bonai, in Sundargarh district. The incident, captured on CCTV cameras, took place when the victim was shopping for his wedding.
Prabhat Kumar Pradhan (26) of Salohi village in Deogarh district had come to Bonai with his family to purchase wedding materials. Around noon, Pradhan parked his motorcycle outside a cloth store and went inside with his parents and relatives. Upon returning an hour later, he discovered the bike’s storage compartment had been broken and cash missing.
CCTV footage revealed two masked person breaking open the motorcycle’s dickey and fleeing with the money on their bike. “Our efforts are on to identify and apprehend the culprits,” said Jnanendra Kumar Sahu, IIC, Bonai police station.
The victim’s father, a former Bonai resident, had arrived separately by bus with other family members when the incident took place.