Hajipur (Bihar): Armed dacoits barged into a branch of a gold loan provider in Bihar's Vaishali district on Saturday and decamped with over 50 kilograms of gold worth crores of rupees.
Gunmen loot 55 kg gold from gold loan firm branch in Bihar
The incident took place in the afternoon at the firm's branch in Cinema Road area under Town police station limits.
"Eight motorbike-borne miscreants held the employees of the company at gunpoint and beat up the guard and some staffers who put up a resistance," Inspector General of Police, Tirhut Range, Ganesh Kumar said.
The branch manager has claimed that 55-kilogram gold was looted, Kumar said.
"We are verifying the claim and have launched a manhunt," the officer said.
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