Robbers throw chilli, flee away with Rs 5 lakh

Kurukshetra: Three unidentified men threw

chilli powder and looted

Rs 5 Lakh from

bank employees in Kurukshetra

on Thursday afternoon.

The incident happened around 3:30pm when

HDFC bank employees

of Jhansa road branch along with security were travelling in a car to transfer an amount of Rs 5,00,081 to Dhurala branch. Three people on bike stopped the bank vehicle, showed them pistol, threw chilli powder into their eyes and looted the amount. The distance between the

Jhansa road branch and Dhurala branch of HDFC

bank is approximately 13km and the loot happened midway.

SP

Abhishek Garg

told media-persons, “We have created blockades in the city and nearby areas and have checked the vehicle from which loot has happened. We will soon be able to nab the robbers.”