Tag: Bank robbery

Axis Bank robbed of Rs 70 lack cash, gold at gun point

Armed robbers with their faces covered by masks stormed the bank’s branch soon after it opened at around 9:30 am and looted hard cash and gold kept there under lockup against customers’ loan before making good their escape.

July 4, 2022

Constable prevents major bank robbery by taking on 12 robbers

It would have been India’s biggest bank robbery had the robbers succeeded in executing their plan. But a quick thinking policeman’s daredevilry prevented the gang from emptying the coffers of the Axis Bank chest branch located in Ashok Nagar area of Jaipur. Around 12 people reportedly tried to break into the branch on the intervening …

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February 7, 2018

Suspected militants loot bank in Kashmir

Suspected militants on Wednesday looted a bank branch in Shopian district of Kashmir, police said. "Two to three gunmen, believed to be militants, entered into the Jammu and Kashmir Bank branch at Harmain in Shopian at 11.00 AM and looted some cash," a police official said. He said the gunmen managed to escape after committing the …

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April 19, 2017

Women avert bank robbery in Gurugram

Police on Tuesday released CCTV footage showing two women fighting off armed men that averted a bank robbery in Gurugram. Vimla Devi (45) and Poonam (28), employees of State Bank of India's money transfer branch in Badshahpur, overpowered Deepak (25) and Mohit (25) when they tried to loot the bank. Police Commissioner Sandeep Khirwar said …

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April 4, 2017