Two days after the twin robberies during which Rs 2.5lakh was stolen from two different persons at Kenduadih and Hirapur area, two more incidents of robbery of Rs 4.70lakh took place in broad daylight on Thursday from two more persons.

The first robbery, Rs 2.5 lakh, was taken from the car of Kusum Vihar resident and property dealer Abhishek Kumar at around 11.30 am near the city centre market complex. The CCTV footage was taken from a chemist’s outlet.

Kumar, who is also a JMM activist, later lodged an FIR in Dhanbad Sadar Police station against the unidentified person. He claimed that the youth captured in the CCTV footage was also present in the Axis Bank branch from where he withdrew the money.

“I withdrew Rs 5lakh from the City Centre branch of Axis Bank at around 11.30am out of which I kept Rs 2.5lakh with me and put the remaining amount on the rear seat of the car and went to a chemist’s shop,” said Kumar.

“As soon as I returned near the car parked in front of city centre I was stunned to find the glass of the rear seat broken and the cash bag missing,” said Kumar who raised an alarm after which a team of Dhanbad police reached the site and lodged an FIR and also scanned the CCTV footage of a chemist shop.

In the second incident, two unidentified bike borne criminals snatched a bag containing Rs 2.2 lakh from Mohal Bagan locality resident Jitni Das at around 1.30pm when she was returning to her house after withdrawing the money from Kumbarbadi branch of State Bank of India.

“I withdrew the money for purchasing land and was returning back to my house on foot along with my son and since I was firmly holding the bag the handle of the bag remained in my hand while the criminals who arrived on bike from behind took away the remaining portion of the bag containing the cash,” said Das.

Nirsa DSP, Pitambar Singh, said, “An FIR has been lodged on the complaint of the victim while we are questioning the bank staff and also scanning the video footage of the bank to investigate the case.”