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Bike from Telangana, fake Aadhaar card from MP: Gangster in Bihar jail plotted robbery at SBI branch eyeing gold in vault, say Surat police

The Indian Express·Kamal Saiyed·25 days ago
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Police sources said that one of the accused robbers had made an internet call to the gang leader Bhagat, from the bank premises and told him that the vault keys were unavailable because the manager was on leave. As per Bhagat's direction, they robbed Rs 12 lakh from the cash counter and Rs 40 lakh which came from the SBI head office. The probe into Rs 50 lakh robbery at the State Bank of India branch in Surat has led to a gangster in Bihar’s Beur jail identified as Kundan Bhagat, who, according to police, plotted it in the hope of stealing gold, but got unlucky as the keys to the vault were with the manager, who was away on duty for the Gujarat local body polls. According to police, the SBI branch in Varachha ranks second in the city in approving gold loans, which the robbers seemed to be aware of. Five men had come to the bank on April 27 afternoon inquiring about opening accounts and held six persons, including customers, hostage for nearly an hour-and-a-half “demanding keys to the vault”.…

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