Rs 20 lakh was looted from a cash van of a State Bank of India (SBI) branch in Bihar's West Champaran district on Monday by unidentified criminals, police said.

SHO, Dhanha police station, Rajesh Ranjan said incident occured near Samsherwa village when five armed criminals boarding a Bolero Jeep intercepted the van and looted Rs 20 lakh cash after injurying the security guard.

He said staff of SBI Madhuvani Branch under Dhanha police station were returning after collecting Rs 20 lakh cash from SBI Pandrauna Branch of Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh.

After getting information Superintendent of Police, Anand Kumar along with SHO Rajesh Ranjan rushed to the spot.

Abhay Kumar, the injured security guard has been admitted to a government hospital where his condition said to be out of danger, the SHO said.