Police arrests 10 people; claims to have solved bank robbery

With the arrest of ten people including six from Jharkhand, the Thane police claimed to have solved the house breaking and theft in the Badlapur branch of the State Bank of India involving a total sum of Rs 1.44 crore, the police said here today.
DCP Vasant Jadhav of the Ulhasnagar division who directed investigations told reporters at a press conference that the police is on the look out for some more people involved in the bank robbery, who would be caught soon.
He said that it was between February 14 and February 15, this year when gang members entered the bank by breaking open its locks, opened its strong room with a gas cutter and decamped with Rs 70.97 lakh in cash and 2088 gm of jewellery valued at Rs 73.08 lakh.

The police registered offences under Section 454, Section 457 and Section 380 of the Indian Penal Code and began investigations.
Some of the accused were nabbed when they were fleeing away in a luxury bus from Rajastan and their interrogation revealed their involvement in the crime.