4-man gang robs bank officials of Rs. 8.22 lakhs

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, JUNE 4. A four-member gang waylaid two bank officials and robbed them of Rs. 8.22 lakhs on Monday.

According to police, two employees of the Indian Bank at Peenya collected Rs. 8,22,606 in cash from a godown of a software multinational in the Yeshwanthpur industrial area on Monday morning, and left the place by car. When the vehicle reached Hyundai Circle, four persons in a Maruti van stopped them and took away two suitcases containing the money.

The RMC Yard police have registered a case. Police suspect that the robbery was committed by the gang which was involved in a series of crimes of a similar nature sometime ago.

Chain stolen: A gold chain weighing 40 grams was stolen from the residence of Ms. Sharada M. Bharati on 16th Cross, J.P. Nagar 4th Phase, in the early hours of Monday.

Police said the gold chain had been kept on a table near a window. The J.P. Nagar police have registered a case.

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