Bank looted in Shopian

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Press Trust of India Srinagar
Last Updated : Feb 16 2017 | 2:07 PM IST
Suspected militants looted at least Rs two lakh from a bank branch in Shopian district of south Kashmir, police said today.
Four armed men, believed to be militants, broke into Jammu and Kashmir Bank branch at Turkwangam in Shopian, 70 kms from here, late last night and decamped with Rs two to three lakh, a police official said.
He said the gunmen fired few rounds in the air before fleeing from the place.
Police has taken cognizance of the incident and started investigations, the official said, adding the investigators were going through the CCTV footage at the bank for identifying the culprits.
There has been a sudden rise in armed robberies in banks in Kashmir after demonetisation.

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First Published: Feb 16 2017 | 2:07 PM IST

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