Rs 9 lakh looted from bank in Jharkhand

Five armed robbers looted Rs 9 lakh from a branch of Gramin Bank in Jharkhand's Dumka town on Thursday, police said.

The incident took place at 4 p.m. when there were no customers in the bank, the police said. The bank guard was thrashed by the robbers when he tried to stop them.

--IANS

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