Armed miscreants on Tuesday looted Rs 17 lakh from State Bank of India Sirsa branch under Mohanpur police station on Deoghar-Dumka road in Deoghar district.
Police sources said that six armed miscreants entered the SBI branch at Sirsa branch and took the branch manager and other employees hostage on gun point and looted Rs 17 lakh. After looting the money the miscreants fled from the branch on their vehicles.
On being informed of the incident, SP Subash Chandra Jat, SDPO Pawan Kumar, officer in charge of Sirsa police station Prem Bharati along with police force rushed to the bank for investigation.
Confirming the incident, SP said the miscreants took away the mobile phones of the employees.
He said the miscreants entered the bank posing as customers and escaped within 10 minutes after looting the amount.
We are looking CCTV footages of the bank to apprehend the culprits,all of them were wearing mask, SP said. He further said that raids were going on the nab the miscreants.
Sources said that six criminals came riding on three Pulsar bikes. The bikes number plates were missing. After the incident, the criminals rode on a bike and ran towards Deoghar.
Sources said the criminals had prior information about cash van which was to reach bank for unloading cash. The cash van unloaded Rs 15 lalk while the bank had Rs two lakh. As the incident had occured after cash van unloading the cash, the role of staff and drivers of cash can is aslo being probed.
After entering the bank, four criminals entered the bank carrying weapons while two others were waiting outside. As soon as they entered inside, the criminals took possession of the customers and staff present there on the strength of weapons.
The Deoghar police had selaed the boundaries of the district, an immediate vehicle checking campaign has been started. Police is conducting raids in search of criminals. The CCTV footage of the bank is also being scanned.