Burglars steal over Rs 1 crore cash from SBI branch

Rajkot | Wednesday | 5th September, 2018

Summary:

RAJKOT: Huge amount of cash, suspected to be a little over Rs one crore, was stolen from the State Bank of India SBI ) main branch in Amreli town on the intervening night of September 1 and September 2.Three burglars burrowed through the bank's rear wall and directly entered the strong room where the cash was kept in a safe. They are trying to narrow down on people arrested earlier for such thefts and burglaries to get more clues. One team is checking all the CCTV footages on the main roads and highways. They stayed inside the bank for at least 1 hour and 10 minutes. The bank was closed for three days since Saturday.When the bank employees opened the branch on Tuesday morning, they were shocked to find the safe opened and huge amount of cash missing.Amreli police have formed two teams each of special operations group (SOG) and local crime branch (LCB) to crack the case..