SBI branch looted

The State Bank of India

branch at Kajora colliery area near here was today looted of several lakhs of rupees this afternoon.

Police said five-to six armed men entered the bank at around three pm posing as customers.

They brandished revolvers at the bank staff and customers and forced them to a corner before taking away the money from the cash counter and the vault.

The looters then decamped with the money, the police said adding none was injured in the incident.