Cuttack, April 18: Police appear to be struggling to crack the twin loot cases in which unidentified robbers decamped with Rs 73 lakh from an employee of a Calcutta-based goldsmith in two separate incidents that took place here in last year.

The trader, Malay Kumar Adak, 32, has been frequently knocking the doors of senior police officers for the past couple of months to press for expediting the probe into the twin loot incidents.

Malay, the owner of Srikrishna Jewellers, based at Sagarpur, alleged robbers looted Rs 73 lakh from two of his employees who had come to Cuttack to sell gold ornaments in two separate incidents on May 29 and November 11, 2015.

Surprisingly, the police so far has only registered one FIR in connection with the loot of Rs 32 lakh that took place at around 9:30pm on November 11, 2015 while a station diary was entered in connection with the previous loot of Rs 41 lakh in May.

"We have formed a special team to nab the culprits, but so far we are yet to get vital clues to crack the case," said Sanjeev Arora, deputy commissioner of police, adding that an inquiry is being conducted to ascertain why only a station diary was registered instead of an FIR in connection with the first incident as reported by the complainant.

Malay's brother Chandan alleged the Badambadi police had not conducted any investigation into the incident even though the role of a few local jewellers was suspected behind the twin loot incidents.

"My elder brother had attempted to commit suicide as he had started his business by taking loans from his friends after the first loot incident. The entire family is now facing severe financial crisis and we are also unable to repay the money taken on credit," said Chandan.