In a armed robbery on Friday, six masked robbers entered the Corporation Bank branch in Khaira village near Chhawla in South-West Delhi and looted Rs 3 lakh after shooting the cashier, who was declared brought dead in a city hospital. Three others were injured in the ensuing commotion after the firing.
While running away with the cash, they also took along the gun of the security guard and threatened bank employees and customers before escaping on two bikes parked outside the bank.
The robbers, who had probably done a recce of the area before committing the crime, entered the branch unchallenged and in the twinkling of an eye they were at the counter of the cashier, identified as Santosh, and shot him from the point blank range for resisting the robbery, said eyewitnesses.
According to a senior police official, a Police Control Room (PCR) call was received at 3.45 pm regarding the firing at Corporation Bank’s branch in Khaira village. “After receiving the call a police team rushed to the spot where four were found injured and they were immediately rushed to the nearby hospital where Santosh Kumar, the cashier, was declared brought dead,” said Giriraj Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police-II (DCP-II), Dwarka.
“The entire incident was captured in CCTV cameras installed on the bank premises. The injured were discharged from the hospital after the treatment. A manhunt has been launched,” said the Additional DCP.
“The robbers fled towards Najafgarh. The video footages procured from the CCTV cameras installed on the Najafgarh Road, are being scanned to identify the robbers. We have registered a case and further investigation is going on,” the Additional DCP said.