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Masked men break into bank’s strongroom, thwarted by lockers

Masked men break into bank’s strongroom, thwarted by lockers

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bhopal:20.02.2021

Two unidentified masked accused barged into a nationalised bank located in Sukhi Sewania after breaking the window grill in the early hours of Thursday morning. They broke the strong room lock and attempted to open the lockers, but could not break them and fled the scene. The accused were caught on the CCTV cameras fitted at the bank. Sukhi Sewania police registered a break-in case and started the investigation.

Investigating officer SI Swati Godre said, complainant Mahendra Banode, 57, is posted as branch manager at a nationalised bank in Chopda Kalan village of Sukhi Sewania.

On Wednesday around 7.15 pm, Banode locked the bank and went home. Next day, on Thursday morning around 10.20 am, when he went to open the bank, and found that the iron grill of the window had been cut. He immediately informed police and senior bank officials. When he entered , he found that entire bank was ransacked and thieves had tried to break the lockers.

When police checked the CCTV camera footage, they found two masked men barging into the bank breaking the window grill and attempting to break the lockers. There was no security guard deployed at the bank nor was there any alarm system. Cops suspect that accused may have come from the forest area behind the bank to commit theft.

The incident took place in the early hours of Thursday. There was no security guard deployed at the bank nor was there any alarm system

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