BALANGIR: Around five robbers on Thursday night looted Rs 30 lakh from bank employees, who were carrying the cash in a security van from Bhawanipatna ICICI bank to Umarkot in Kalahandi district.
The robbers, reportedly, held the three employees and the security guard at gun point near Koksara and decamped with the money. The robbers are still at large. Sources said, after the bank closed at 5 pm, the robbers, who are suspected to have had prior information about the cash transfer, blocked the van's path and asked the employees to get down. "They first terrorized the employees by shoving guns to their faces, then snatched the cash and fled," said IIC (Koksara) Prakash Mishra. He said no one was hurt. Soon after the robbery, the robbers fled into a nearby forest.
"We have launched massive man-hunt and detained one person as a suspect. We are interrogating him," said the IIC. He quoted an employee as saying that the robbers had two firearms, apart from some sharp weapons.
The robbers, reportedly, held the three employees and the security guard at gun point near Koksara and decamped with the money. The robbers are still at large. Sources said, after the bank closed at 5 pm, the robbers, who are suspected to have had prior information about the cash transfer, blocked the van's path and asked the employees to get down. "They first terrorized the employees by shoving guns to their faces, then snatched the cash and fled," said IIC (Koksara) Prakash Mishra. He said no one was hurt. Soon after the robbery, the robbers fled into a nearby forest.
"We have launched massive man-hunt and detained one person as a suspect. We are interrogating him," said the IIC. He quoted an employee as saying that the robbers had two firearms, apart from some sharp weapons.
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