Cash amounting to Rs 10 lakh was lifted from a bank in Dhamtari in broad daylight on Monday.
Police has suspected involvement of some professional gang behind the incident.
“The incident happened around 10:30 am at Bank of Baroda branch located in Sihava Chowk. We have got the CCTV footages of the incident and it seems that some professional gang was behind it,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Dhamtari Manish Sharma said.
The incident occurred while the bank had just opened and there were only bank officials. The lifter-gang members reached the bank and made away with Rs 10 lakh cash kept in a bag, the SP added.
During investigation we found that the gang had performed recce and then executed the crime, he said.
Police claimed that they had got some leads and very soon would crack the case.