WARDHA: Muthoot Fincorp, a gold finance bank, was robbed in broad daylight by a single robber armed with a gun and a knife as soon as the bank opened for daily work at 9am on Thursday. The robber made away with Rs3.18 lakh in cash and 2.5kg gold, and the bike of an employee.
Police said Muthoot Fincorp, a finance bank located at Badhe Square, on main road in city, opened at 9am. The woman manager sitting in the cash chamber took the box of cash near her and started work. At 9.05am a courier boy with a black handkerchief over his mouth entered the bank with a courier bag. The other staff remained engrossed in their work without paying special attention to the courier boy.
The courier boy reached the female officer in the manager’s cabin, brandished a gun and demanded all the valuables. The staffer handed over Rs3.18 lakh cash from the box and 2.5kg gold. The staffer also took the key of the female employee’s bike and fled from the spot.
SDPO Piyush Jagtap said, “We have lodged a complaint on the statement of branch manager Akshay Kharade. There were four employees in the branch at the time of robbery. The robber alone entered the branch pretending to be a courier boy, and suddenly entered the branch manager’s cabin where cash and gold were kept in a locker.
The police put the value of the loss at Rs66 lakh, including the cash, gold and the Jupiter bike belonging to the employee.
Police sealed off the district boundaries after the bank robbery was reported. The investigation was carried out with the help of dog squad and forensic experts. Police have begun work on finding fingerprints, drawing sketches, and CCTV footage that captured the incident.