Six armed assailants loot bank; cashier gunned down

Agencies
October 13, 2018

New Delhi, Oct 13: A cashier was shot dead and three persons were injured after six unidentified people entered a bank in southwest Delhi's Dwarka on Friday afternoon and fled with over Rs 3 lakh, police said.

The shocking incident was captured on a CCTV camera. The 90-second footage shows the robbers snatch the rifle from the security guard and beat him up. Thereafter, they shoot at the bank cashier and flee with the looted money.

Police was informed about firing at a Corporation Bank branch in south west Delhi’s Khaira village at 3.45 pm, where the incident took place.

Sixteen people, including 10 customers and 6 staff members, were held hostage at gunpoint by the robbers. When they tried snatching money from cashier Santosh Kumar, he resisted, upon which they fired two bullets into his body.

The 25-year-old and the other injured were rushed to a nearby hospital where Kumar was declared brought dead, police said.

The accused fled on motorcycles and also snatched the pistol of the security guard, a senior police official said. No arrests have been made so far.

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