Software employee now cools his heels behind bars
A 35-year-old man’s bumbling attempt to rob the C.M.H. Road branch of a bank, saying he had an explosive on him, was foiled by the presence of mind of a security guard who closed the main gate Friday afternoon. Swift action by the Indiranagar police also helped nab the man, who was identified as Pranjal Bhattacharjee.
Eyewitnesses said the man turned up at HDFC Bank around 3.30 p.m. with his face covered in bandage and walked up to a counter saying he wanted to open an account. The staff told him that there was a process involved and that his face shouldn’t be covered.
He then announced that he had a bomb strapped to his jacket. This immediately triggered panic, with the bank manager, staff and the few customers running helter-skelter. Mr. Bhattacharjee then strolled to the cash counter, pulled out a bag and stuffed the available cash — some Rs.13 lakh — in it.
“Since it was afternoon there were not many customers at the bank. The manager and some staff got scared when he announced he had a bomb and they all ran outside. A security guard closed the main door from the outside,” an eyewitness said.
Mr. Bhattacharjee attempted to break open the door but in vain.
By now, some alert staff had already called the police and two sub-inspectors attached to the Indiranagar police station — Giriraj and Kempe Gowda — overpowered Mr. Bhattacharjee. A closer examination revealed that there was no bomb, only a hardboard box with batteries and wires.
The bomb squad and the dog squad also confirmed it was a hoax.
During interrogation, Mr. Bhattacharjee, a software firm employee, said he was neck deep in debt and hatched the robbery plot.
A senior police official said the Arunachal Pradesh native was living in Bangalore with his friends.
Keywords: Bank robbery, software engineer suspect, HDFC bank robbery, Pranjal Bhattacharjee, CMH road
Its these commercial organisations and banks that provide easy credit
and then wring a noose around such unrealistic people that causes such
situations. Interesting looks like he to decided to pay the banks with
their own money.
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For all of Us neither he is a native of Arunachal Pradesh nor an IT
Employee, he is simply a robber who was looking for some short cut to
earn money.
It should be considered as a case of robbery, Why are we highlighting IT & the state he belongs to. When somebody is in real bad shape when drowned in debt, all weird things get into your mind & commit such act.Yes,its an act of crime & let law take the action. Lets be responsible not blaming any Industry / State / Religion.
Lets not forget Crores of IT /IT enabled employees are generating huge revenue to government. The tax paid by them is huge & they are not getting the basic needs fullfilled compared to other countries. Its all swendled by corrupt goverment officials & polticians.You can find corrrupt people in all industry,doctors,lawyers,GOVT officials,etc.
It is a shame to witness such cases by IT employees.Merely for greed and status some engineers are taking shortcuts.IT companies work on customers trust.Trust builds business relations.Such misdeeds by employees can harm the business of the industry.Self introspection is a must today for every responsible citizen for the benefit of self as well as to the organization.
Is this guy from Infosys?
It very unfortunate to see morale of IT employees going down more than he is an
engineer!. Partly driven by the greed of IT companies to grow with little respect for
employee background. This kind of events will torn the trust of customers and put IT
industry and its engineers in very bad shape. Huge Debt on part of employees not
only hurting himself, but it damaging business and won't add any good value
business. It is unto business to understand it!.
Unfortunately, this man will further enable suspicions about people from Arunachal Pradesh. It will be interesting to know what led him to try this stunt.
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