Robbers strike in Sonarpur,loot Rs 40 lakh

A gang of robbers looted Rs 40 lakh on Monday when the money was being taken from a police station to the local post office at Sonarpur in South 24-Parganas.

The cash was kept at the Sonarpur police station for security reasons on Sunday evening. Around 9.45 am today,when the postmaster of Sonarpur post office,Vindyachal Ram,54,along with a few officials,was on way to the post office carrying Rs 38.89 lakh,the robbers struck,said a senior officer.

While Ram sustained a bullet injury,homeguard Sujit Haldar,accompanying the postmaster,received multiple bullet injuries. The duo was admitted to Rabindranath Tagore Hospital. Superintendent of Police,South 24-Parganas,L N Meena said the matter is being investigated.