Armed gunmen raided a Corporation Bank branch, shot the guard and looted cash before fleeing in Saharanpur on Monday. later senior officers reached the spot and supervised investigations by despatching teams to work out the case.
As per reports, over half a dozen armed miscreants on three motorcycles reached Sadar Bazar branch of Corporation Bank on Monday afternoon. As they tried to force their way into the branch, a guard opposed them and opened fire in which one of the criminals was injured. In absence of any back up, the miscreants took little time in gunning down the guard.
They later barged inside, took everyone at gun point and stashed Rs 4,76 lakh from the cashier. They also assaulted a customer and snatched his bag carrying Rs 9 lakh. later, they targeted other potential customers before fleeing the spot.
As soon as the criminals left, the bank manager informed the police after which senior officers rushed to the spot. Separate teams were formed to comb the area in search of the injured robber but failed to getthe expected result.
Meanwhile in Mathura, members of a criminal tribe struck terror when they barged inside a house, brutally assaulted the owner and his family along with a tenant’s family and later swept cash and jewellery worth several lakh rupees.
As per reports, over half a dozen miscreants barged into the house of Ramdev Verma at Pathaknagar area of Raya police station area in the wee hours of Monday. The robbers brutally assaulted him, his wife Yogeshwari, daughter lata and son Gopal and looted cash and other valuables. later the gang entered the portion of a tenant Yogesh Gupta and also beat him up along with his wife Pinki and daughters Baby and Neetu. laterthey collected the available ornaments and cash and fled after locking the family members into a room.
Verma somehow alerted his neighbour who rescued both families and rushed the injured to District Hospital where lata (16) was pronounced dead upon arrival. A case was registered and efforts were on to track down the criminals. The police that the robbery was the handowork of a criminal tribe.