Four armed miscreants barged into a godown of a courier service company and decamped with around Rs 11 lakh and other items at Chanchal in Malda district on Sunday night.

Nur Alam, an employee of the company, said: “We were settling the day’s accounts when the miscreants entered the storehouse and held us at gunpoint. All four had their faces covered. They took away around Rs 11 lakh and some other items.”

Police have set up checkpoints at different crossings but none of the gang members have been nabbed so far.

Sukumar Ghosh, the inspector-in-charge of Chanchal police station, said: “We are checking CCTVs installed at the storehouse. Also, we are checking the CCTVs located along the Chanchal—Harishchandrapur road as we suspect that the gang might have some connections in Bihar.”

Chanchal and Harishchandrapur are located near the Bengal-Bihar border.

8 shops gutted

Eight shops were gutted in a blaze at Dhantala in Jalpaiguri district early on Monday.

Two fire engines from Maynaguri reached the spot but could control the blaze in a couple of hours. The cause of the fire and the loss is yet to be ascertained.