An unidentified man has looted over Rs 8.65 lakh at gunpoint from the Chandigarh State Co-operative Bank here on Monday.
The incident took place in the bank branch located at Sector 61 here.A case under Section 392 IPC (Punishment for robbery) and 25-54-59 Arms act, has been registered against the unknown person on the complaint of Anuradha Awasty, Branch manager, Chandigarh State Co-Operative Bank, Sector 61.Incharge Police Post, Sector 61, Sub-Inspector Kuldeep Singh said that at around 12 noon, an information regarding theft at Chandigarh State Co-Operative Bank was received at the control room.
On receiving information police teams immediately reached the spot where staff of the bank informed that an unknown person wearing a mask aged around 32 years entered the bank and pushed one of the staff members and pointed his pistol at them. There were four employees in the bank at the time of the incident. The accused told the cashier to hand over the cash bag and threatened to shoot them, Singh said.Cashier handed over the bag and the accused fled away from the spot with the bag containing an amount of Rs 8,65,452, he said.
The CCTV cameras are installed in the bank and the investigation of the case is in progress, he added.
Notably, the bank is located close to the police post.