A masked assailant on Wednesday morning robbed Rs 1.5 lakh at gunpoint from Oriental Bank of Commerce in West Delhi’s Tilak Nagar area. Police said the robber fled from the spot on a scooter.
“We have registered a case in Tilak Nagar police station and police teams have been formed which are scanning CCTV cameras installed in the bank and in the area to identify and nab the culprit, police said.
According to a senior police official, on Wednesday around 10:30 am, a police control room (PCR) call was received regarding a robbery at the Oriental Bank of Commerce in Tilak Nagar.
“Acting on the call, a police teams rushed to the spot. After reaching the spot police teams found that on Wednesday when the bank opened in the morning for its regular business, one man wearing mask, a black jacket, blue trousers and a blue cap entered the bank premises at about 10.20 AM,” said the senior police official.
“After entering the bank, the man overpowered the security guard on the gun point and subsequently he demanded money from the bank personnel following which one of the employees gave him amount to the tune of Rs 1.5 lakh from the cash counter,” said the senior police official.
“The man after grabbing the money fled from the spot on scooty. A case of robbery has been registered at Tilak Nagar police station and a massive manhunt launched to catch the culprit. Multiple teams have been formed to investigate the incident,” said the senior police official.