Armed robbers loot Rs 8L from bank in daring daylight heist

BARIPADA: In a daring daylight heist, a group of miscreants armed with guns and sharp weapons looted around Rs 8 lakh from Kuchei Gramya Bank branch within Kuliana police limits in Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday.

The robbery took place at around 2.45 pm when customers were present inside the bank. Sources said five armed miscreants, all wearing helmets, arrived on two motorcycles and parked right in front of the bank. Brandishing guns and sharp weapons, they stormed into the branch. The miscreants terrorised the customers and warned them not to make any phone call.

While one of the miscreants approached the cashier and demanded cash from the counter drawers, another held the bank manager, Ranjita Soren, hostage at gunpoint and threatened her not to alert the police. In the meantime, other members of the gang collected mobile phones from all the staff, seized the computer hard disks, and got hold of the key to the main gate.