Robbers Loot Rs 14 Lakh From A Bank In Surat In Broad Daylight

A shocking incident in Gujarat's Surat took the internet by storm. Five robbers looted a bank in broad daylight on Friday and escaped with Rs 14 lakh cash.

The robbers arrived on motorcycles and kept their helmets on during the robbery at the Bank of Maharashtra branch. The incident took place at around 11 am.

Armed with weapons, the robbers carried out the bank heist in broad daylight and then fled the scene. The CCTV footage inside and outside the bank captured the robbers in action.

According to the CCTV footage, the robbers can be seen arriving on two motorcycles at the Bank of Maharashtra branch to carry out the robbery. The footage inside the bank shows the robbers entering the building and then immediately pulling out their pistols and pointing them at the bank employees as well as the customers.

Before the bank personnel could react, the robbers, showed them the weapons and instructed them to put the money from the bank's counters into their bags.

All the bank customers and employees are then ushered into a room by the robbers. Throughout this ordeal, the bank staff and customers are herded into a separate room. Shortly after, all five robbers manage to escape with nearly Rs 14 lakh in cash from the bank, leaving the bank employees and customers in a state of shock.

Later, the police arrived at the scene along with the top officials of the Surat Police Department. The Surat Police issued a red alert, initiating a city-wide search.

Checkpoints and roadblocks are set up across the city, and extensive use of CCTV and mobile surveillance has been employed to track down the culprits.