Police today arrested three
men who looted Rs four lakh in cash from employees of Sengaon branch of State Hank of Hyderabad in the district.
District superintendent of police Ashok Morale said a gang of six dacoits had apparently got a tip that cash would be brought to the bank by a car this afternoon.
As the car stopped in front of the bank, they surrounded it. Attacking the cashier Ashwini Jaibhai and peon Ganesh Chandel, they tried to snatch the bag containing the cash.
As Chandel resisted, they stabbed him, and fled with the bag.
Police received information that the van in which they had fled was seen at Risod bridge near Shegaon Khodke village.
Police alerted the villagers who stopped the van. The dacoits then left the van and ran.
They fired upon a police team which gave them chase.
Police asked them to surrender, but they threw away the bag of cash and ran on.
Police succeeded in nabbing three of them.
The arrested dacoits were identified as Janardhan Ramrao Waghmare, Rajendra Singh Bawri and Badshan Singh Ajabsigh Tak.
Three others managed to flee. Police also seized one country made revolver, four live cartridges and three choppers.
