Ludhiana: Four unidentified miscreants looted Rs 15 lakh at gunpoint from a branch of Punjab National Bank at Kochhar Market on Monday afternoon.
The robbers also fired a gunshot into the air to scare the bank staff. There was no security guard outside the bank.
Five bank employees and a customer were in the bank at the time of incident. The robbers had their faces covered.
According to the police, the accused robbed the bank within three minutes.
Employees informed the police after the accused left the bank. Senior police officials, including Police Commissioner Jatinder Singh Aulakh, reached the spot.
It was negligence on part of the bank that it had not hired any security guard. Even the bank staff did not switch on the electronic alarm. One of robbers had .32-bore country-made pistol, while others had sharp-edged weapons.
“Their movement inside and outside the bank has been captured in CCTV cameras,” said Aulakh.
According to eyewitnesses, one of the robbers was wearing a turban and others were clean-shaven. They had covered their faces with handkerchiefs. The robbers came on two motorcycles, which they had parked in the street next to the bank building.
