Robbers scoot with ₹10 lakh from bank in Amritsar village

AMRITSAR: Three armed men with muffled faces looted ₹10.9 lakh from a branch of IndusInd Bank at Sohian Kalan village in Majitha sub-division on Tuesday afternoon.

Police said the incident took place at 1:20pm when the accused barged into the bank and took manager Karan Kumar and office boy Lovepreet Singh at gunpoint, held them hostage after tying their hands and feet with strings, before scooting with the said cash from the strong room.

According to the eyewitnesses, four men came in a white Chevrolet car, three entered the bank and one stayed back in the car outside.

Majitha deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Jogeshwar Singh Goraya reached the spot with his team to carry out the investigations.

“I got a call from the manager at around 1:45pm. He told me that a robbery has taken place in the bank,” said Majitha SHO Kapil Kaushal, adding “when we reached the bank, only the manager and an office boy were there”.

As per the manager’s statement, the robbers took them at gunpoint and walked away with ₹10.9 lakh cash after gagging them with strings.

Some shopkeepers got suspicious when the accused left the place in a rush, and they entered the bank and freed the manager and the office boy.

“After committing the crime, the accused fled towards Amritsar side,” the SHO said.

DSP Goraya said the branch has five employees and only two were present at the time of the incident.

“There was no customer in the bank when the robbery took place. The bank neither had security guard nor closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera, which is against the RBI’s guidelines,” the DSP said. The accused stayed in the bank for around 10 minutes, he said.

A case under sections 295 (dacoity), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian penal code (IPC) and 25-54-59 of the Arms Act has been registered at Majitha police station, added the SHO..

There was no customer in the bank when the robbery took place. The bank neither had security guard nor closed-circuit television cameras. It is against the RBI’s guidelines. JOGESHWAR SINGH GORAYA, DSP