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Five robbers stormed into a bank in Karachi Administrator Employees Corporative Housing Society on Friday afternoon and made away with Rs4.9 million.
Tipu Sultan SHO Irfan Meo told The News that five men on two motorcycles pulled up outside a Meezan Bank branch at about 3:30pm. They entered the bank and overpowered the two security guards there, snatching away their weapons.
After holding the staff and others there hostage at gunpoint, they went to the bank’s strong room along with the cashier and collected Rs4.9 million.
The bank manager, Tariq Hameed Muhammad, said the bank was robbed within 10 or 15 minutes. He added that the robbers were middle-aged. The bank manager lodged an FIR with the Tipu Sultan police station.
The SHO said only one of the robbers was armed. The others used the weapons snatched from the security guards, Jameel and Altaf, to rob the bank. He added the security guards were provided by the Ghazi Security Company. The police have detained both the guards.
“The guards are ill-trained and were busy chatting when the heist took place,” the police officer said.
The SHO also said the police had taken the CCTV footage into custody and called forensic experts to prepare the sketches of the robbers.
The latest robbery is the 22nd in the city this year.
On November 14, five bandits had robbed a National Bank of Pakistan COD branch on Rashid Minhas Road of Rs3.7 million.
Five robbers stormed into a bank in Karachi Administrator Employees Corporative Housing Society on Friday afternoon and made away with Rs4.9 million.
Tipu Sultan SHO Irfan Meo told The News that five men on two motorcycles pulled up outside a Meezan Bank branch at about 3:30pm. They entered the bank and overpowered the two security guards there, snatching away their weapons.
After holding the staff and others there hostage at gunpoint, they went to the bank’s strong room along with the cashier and collected Rs4.9 million.
The bank manager, Tariq Hameed Muhammad, said the bank was robbed within 10 or 15 minutes. He added that the robbers were middle-aged. The bank manager lodged an FIR with the Tipu Sultan police station.
The SHO said only one of the robbers was armed. The others used the weapons snatched from the security guards, Jameel and Altaf, to rob the bank. He added the security guards were provided by the Ghazi Security Company. The police have detained both the guards.
“The guards are ill-trained and were busy chatting when the heist took place,” the police officer said.
The SHO also said the police had taken the CCTV footage into custody and called forensic experts to prepare the sketches of the robbers.
The latest robbery is the 22nd in the city this year.
On November 14, five bandits had robbed a National Bank of Pakistan COD branch on Rashid Minhas Road of Rs3.7 million.
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