Five armed criminals, riding two unmarked motorcycles, barged into the Bengabad branch of Union Bank of India under the same police station of Giridih district around 11;30 am on Tuesday and looted Rs 28.06 lakh from the bank safe after injuring at least two bank staff and a guard ,police sources said.
According to sources said five unidentified armed criminals entered the bank at around 11:30 am soon after the bank opened .The bank is situated in heavily populated Bengabad bazaar .The criminals reportedly pounced upon a guard and bank employees the miscreants took all ten persons in the bank including employees on gunpoint. One of them guarded the main entrance with a pistol .The rest had country made pistols with them.
Sources said ,five heavily armed youth aged about 20-25 entered the bank in the guise of customers as soon as the bank opened at around 11:30am .While one criminal took position at the entrance gate ,the rest .divided in two groups ,went to the chamber of manager and the interior of cash counter.
In the meantime, the criminals having taken position near the manager’s chamber started squabbling with the bank employees over the vital issue .While tension was mounted among the customers and employees inside, the criminals standing near the entrance gate issued warning for remaining within the bank till the operation was completed.Soon the criminals stopped the entry of the customers as they laid their hands on the cash kept in the shelf .The criminals looted Rs 28lakh 6 thousand and 67 rupees .
While the looting spree was going on ,the bank employees and the customers were locked in two separate rooms in the bank .After accomplishing their operation ,the criminals one of whom was carrying pistol ,escaped without noticed .After their disappearance ,the confined bank employee and customers came out of the locked room after breaking open the door and it was through them that the incident came to the notice of the police .