Armed robbers made away with Rs 37 lakh in cash from Canara Bank branch located at busy Transport Nagar of Korba city in broad daylight on Wednesday, police said.
“The unidentified robbers ran away with cash around Rs 37 lakh from Canara Bank branch located near CSEB Chowk,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Korba, D Shravan told journalists.
According to police, the incident happened around 10:30 am when the bank had just been opened for transactions. The robbers also took away CCTV camera and the DVR (digital video recorder) with them.
Police informed that a gang of six persons carrying firearms had stormed in the bank as soon as the branch opened. They locked the bank employees and few customers in a room and got opened the bank chest from one of the bank employees on gunpoint, police said.
“They took away cash Rs 37 lakh and some gold kept in the chest, however, they did not touch the worn out currency kept on the counter,” the SP said, while adding it seems some professional gang was involved in the incident.
According to SP, though robbers took away the CCTV camera and DVR but police has collected substantial evidence from various other CCTV cameras installed in different buildings around the bank.
The SP has expressed confidence that they would very soon solve the case.