An armed group looted Rs 1.3 million cash from a vehicle belonging to a dealer of Surya Nepal in Mahottari district on Saturday night. 

Bardibas-based dealer Shyamraja Singh Thakuri said four motorcycle-born assailants intercepted the Mahindra Bolero at Ramnagar forest and looted the amount at gunpoint. The vehicle was returning to Bardibas from Gaushala after collecting cash from the retailers.