Criminals loot Rs 15 lakh cash from PNB officials

Vapi, Mar 10 (UNI) A gang of five criminals today looted Rs 15 lakh cash from officials of Punjab National Bank here.

Bank officials who, had withdrawn cash from State Bank of India's GIDC branch, 1.5 km from their own branch, and were alighting from their van, when the criminals opened fire at them and snatched the cash bag, police said.

The miscreants, who were waiting for them in a Maruti Esteem car, bearing Maharashtra registration numbers also snatched the rifle of the constable, before fleeing with the cash. The car was later found with a punctured tyre on the national highway near Billad outpost. Some arms were found in the car, which has been seized, police said.

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