West Bengal: Rs 40 lakh looted from S 24 Pgns bank

KOLKATA: A

gang

of three armed robbers barged into the Bakeswar branch of

UCO Bank

near

Bishnupur

railway station on

Wednesday afternoon

and decamped with cash and jewellery around Rs 40 lakhs.


The bike-borne masked youths reached the branch around 3.40pm and entered as customers. The branch did not have security guards. Bank officials said staffers and customers were locked in a separate rooms.

Bishnupur inspector-in charge Mainak Banerjee said they are examining CCTV footage of the branch.