Gurgaon bank looted by three armed men

GURGAON: In a daylight robbery in a Gurgaon bank, three armed robbers stormed into the Jamalpur branch of Punjab and Sind Bank and decamped with Rs eight lakhs in cash on Saturday. They held the staff and customers at gunpoint and beat up the security guard before decamping with the money. According to an eyewitnesses all three robbers, one of them wearing a helmet, came on a motocycle. Harpal Singh Yadav, the bank manager said: ‘‘Three armed men apparently in their mid 20s, entered into the bank at around 10.55 am, waving country-made pistols and asked everyone present to put their hands up. There were around six staff members and two customers present in the bank at that time. When Leela Ram, the security guard tried to stop their bid, the robbers snatched his gun and hit him on the head with the butt.’’ After collecting the cash from the counters, the robbers fled from the spot on the bike taking the unpaved road behind the bank. However, the locker was intact. The policemen deployed at the barricading in the vicinity were alarmed by the screams of the staff. The policemen chased the bike-borne robbers but failed to nab them. The injured guard was later rushed to a nearby hospital where he was discharged after first aide. The locals alleged that there were no close circuit cameras installed in the bank despite of the advisory given by Gurgaon administration about three months ago in this regard. The police said that robbers could belong to neighbouring villages as they were seemingly aware of the unpaved short-cut escape routes which they took after committing the crime. ‘‘Criminals are growing more and more fearless it seems. The robbery was executed at a busy locality in broad daylight despite the fact that the village market is just a stone’s throw away and police barricading in the vicinity.’’ said Jogender, a villager. Banks in and around Gurgaon have come to become a hot-spot with robbers looking at the past trend of robbery during the past few months when several cases of robberies reported from across the district. ‘‘Due to exorbitantly rising land prices, villagers sell some plots of their land and deposit money in these banks which have minimal security arrangements, making them easy targets.’’ said the bank manager. Meanwhile, Krishan Murari, ACP South, Gurgaon (Manesar) said that so far police has not found any lead in the case and investigation is on.
source: TOI