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Rs 13 lakh looted from bank at gunpoint in Hoshiarpur

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Press Trust of India Hoshiarpur (Pb)

Five armed men allegedly looted Rs 13 lakh at gunpoint from a bank here Friday, police said.

The accused who came in a white car at around 1 pm, have not been identified yet, they said.

The five men entered the Punjab National Bank's Bassi Daulat Khan branch and pointed guns at manager Tarinder Kaur, cashier Ritu Kumari and others present there.

The accused robbed a trunk containing about Rs 13 lakh cash and a digital video recorder of the bank, they said.

There were 16 people present at the bank when the incident took place.

A case has been registered and the police is probing the matter, they said.

 

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First Published: Nov 30 2018 | 6:35 PM IST

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