Durgapur, 23 Dec. 03 : A sum of Rs. 60,000 has been snatched today at 2:00 pm from Shri Benu Bauri a voluntary retired man from Durgapur Steel Plant of Pardo village, B-Zone, Durgapur. Shri Bauri was taking the amount to deposit the same to Durgapur Peoples' Co-opr. Bank from where the same was stolen from the basket of his motorcycle (Regn No . WB 48 1119).

"This kind of incidents has become a regular among the criminals where the target is mainly the old retired personnel of the different factories around this industrial city" reported the local residents. "My entire life's saving was gone in a flash" said a weeping Mr Bauri when contacted by our correspondent just after the incident.