SASARAM: Three criminals looted cash, ornaments and valuable items worth around Rs 5 lakh from the official residence of first-class judicial magistrate Ravindra Nath Pandey at Judicial Officers' Colony at Bikramganj in Rohtas district around 10am on Tuesday.
"The criminals also assaulted the wife of Pandey when she tried to resist. They escaped on a motorcycle after committing the crime," Bikramganj DSP Shashi Bhushan said, adding police have begun an inquiry into the incident.