Surat bank robbery: At least five thieves are suspected to be involved in the bank locker theft at a Union Bank of India branch in Surat. Burglars broke six lockers and stole cash, jewellery and other valuable items worth over Rs 40 lakh.
Jaipur bank robbery: Giving details about the robbery attempt, the police officials said the bank staff and the public outside panicked on hearing the gunshot sound and ran towards the bank. Seeing the crowd, the looters got scared and tried to run away.
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The accused escaped with lakhs of rupees after locking the bank from outside, police said.
The staff of the Marutharoad Cooperative Rural Credit Society Bank discovered around 7.5 kg of gold and Rs 18,000 in cash missing on Monday morning.
Failing to rob the branch of a gold loan company in West Bengal's Birbhum district, a gang of robbers opened fire at the people, injuring a person, police said on Tuesday.
Bank officials informed the police after they came to work on Monday morning. A case has been registered at Farsh Bazar police station, the police said.
A 10-year-old boy entered a cooperative bank during peak hour and stole Rs 10 lakh in less than 30 seconds. The incident took place in Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch district. The entire episode of this mini 'Money Heist' was captured on CCTV.
Four unidentified people, without covering their faces, rob Rs 8 lakh from a private bank in Muzaffarpur on Tuesday. The entire incident was caught on CCTV camera.
A masked man robbed Rs 1.5 lakh at gunpoint from Oriental Bank of Commerce in west Delhi's Tilak Nagar on Wednesday morning, after overpowering the security guard before fleeing from the spot.
An elderly man with a white beard robbed a bank and threw unaccounted cash into the air while shouting 'Merry Christmas' to passersby. The man identified as David Wayne Oliver, 65, reportedly robbed a Colorado bank.
The exact amount of cash looted could not be ascertained yet as bank officials were verifying it, Superintendent of Police Hemraj Meena said.
The accused, identified as Prabhjot Singh (25) and Sukhdev Singh (19), were arrested while a third person, Inderjeet, who had brought the pistol used to commit the crime, has been absconding, they said.
In shocking CCTV visuals, robbers first snatched the rifle from the security guard and then shot at the bank cashier Santosh Kumar (25) to escape with the looted money.
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Thieves dug a tunnel under the Navi Mumbai branch of Bank of Baroda, broke into 30 lockers and stole valuables worth Rs 5-6 crore, police said.
The reason behind the abrupt increase in the incidents of banks and ATM robberies and snatching weapons from security personnel is likely the rise in the number of local youths joining militancy, who are short of funds.
Falling short of funds ever since the demonetisation was announced on November 8, terrorists active in the Kashmir Valley have resorted to a new tactic – robbing banks and ATMs.
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