In a major midnight heist, the Bank of Baroda in Gundarapalli, Krishnagiri huge quantity of jewellery, presumably close to 12 kg was burgled on the intervening night of Saturday.
Preliminary information revealed that the burglars gained entry through a house abutting the bank. The house is also a property of the bank was unoccupied for quite some.
There was a complete lockdown of the bank, with the Superintendent of Police, Kannammal holding an inquiry. However, as of Saturday afternoon, no details of the valuables taken in heist have come to light.
Unofficially, it is presumed that close to 12 kg (1,500 sovereigns) of jewellery could have been robbed.
Agitated public, who had mortgaged their jewellery with the bank gathered around the branch, even as the police cordoned off the area.
The branch, located some 20km from Krishnagiri caters to the rural populace of Gundarapalli bordering Andhra Pradesh.
