 "Odisha: Masked men loot Rs 5 lakh from HDFC Bank using toy guns")
Four masked persons brandished toy guns and looted about Rs 5 lakh in cash from a private bank here today.
Police said the incident took place at the HDFC Bank branch at Siminai here this afternoon.
The masked men barged into the bank branch at around 12.15 pm and brandished the toy guns which looked pistols and two machete-type weapons at the bank employees and customers and looted the money.
"They attacked us and damaged the assets of the bank. They also broke the CCTV cameras," said the bank manager Shakti Shankar Behera.
Police later recovered the toyguns from near the bank, Dhenkanal superintendent of police Basant Panigrahi said adding investigation into the incident has been initiated.
Police said the incident took place at the HDFC Bank branch at Siminai here this afternoon.
The masked men barged into the bank branch at around 12.15 pm and brandished the toy guns which looked pistols and two machete-type weapons at the bank employees and customers and looted the money.
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They took away Rs 4.5 lakh cash from the bank counter and another Rs 50,000 were forcibly taken away from customers, the police said.
"They attacked us and damaged the assets of the bank. They also broke the CCTV cameras," said the bank manager Shakti Shankar Behera.
Police later recovered the toyguns from near the bank, Dhenkanal superintendent of police Basant Panigrahi said adding investigation into the incident has been initiated.
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