Robbers loot ICICI Bank branch of over Rs 20 lakh

In a daring daylight robbery on Friday, group of four armed robbers struck at the ICICI Bank branch in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh, held the staff and customers hostage and decamped with Rs 20 lakh cash. A probe in the case is underway.

Basti (Uttar Pradesh): A group of armed men on Friday barged into a branch of the ICICI Bank here and took away cash of over Rs 20 lakh, police said.

The incident took place at about 1 pm when four persons brandishing pistols and donning face masks entered the bank and looted it, Superintendent of Police Hemraj Meena said.

The exact amount of cash looted could not be ascertained yet as bank officials were verifying it, he said.

Sources, however, said that miscreants managed to take away at least over Rs 20 lakh.

A probe is on in the matter, police said, adding no arrests have been made so far.

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