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A BRUTAL ROBBERY TODAY AT BANK OF BARODA- BROADWAY BRANCH!


Broadway, 02-02-2018:

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Bank robberies have increased considerably these days across various metropolitan cities and Chennai city is not an exception either. Despite numerous efforts by the city’s police department to curb the occurrence of these incidents and put those responsible behind the bars, more and more such incidents are happening now and then. One such brutal incident occurred here right at the heart of the city, Broadway-Chennai at around 12 pm mid-afternoon today, whose details are as follows:

It was around 12 pm in the afternoon when Bank of Baroda- Broadway branch’s staff Mr Badri was handling the cashier operations. The bank was crowded since it was the last working day of the week with several businessmen submitting their cheques for clearing and conducting various kinds of credit and debit transactions. Badri too had a hectic day at office keeping track of the transactions and preparing the day’s report.

Out of the blue, 3 masked robbers entered the premise and started threatening everyone with their rifles. When the security guard tried to take control of the situation, one of the robbers shot him in his leg and nabbed the gun from him. When Badri, the cashier tried to switch on the emergency alarm, he was dragged out of his seat and held at gunpoint in front of everyone present at the bank.

Everyone inside the bank was shell-shocked as they were left clueless about this precarious situation. But, the robbers seemed thoroughly professional and were quick enough to shut the entrance gates and they started threatening everyone to kneel down on the floor. On seeing the chaos inside, the public outside rang the police and within few minutes, police jeeps started flocking the bank’s campus. Meanwhile, the robbers threatened everyone to submit their cash & precious belongings and asked the Branch Manager Mr Siva to let open the chest and cash dispenser, by threatening to kill Badri if they failed to do so.

While the police officers were busy trying to find out possible ways to break open inside, the robbers looted all the money, gold and valuable belongings and fled away through the back door. It all did not end there, as they also took Badri as a hostage for safely evicting from the spot. Then, the policemen broke open the front gates and rescued all the people present inside. Later, they informed the nearby check-post to stay alert and catch the robbers on their way to escape, by informing the details of the robbers’ vehicle.

But the culprits anticipated this situation before-hand and escaped by swapping the vehicles en-route to the check-post. Our sources reveal that still no reliable information has been known about Badri and about his safety. On being questioned about this incident, Chennai city’s Assistant Commissioner Mr Babu said that “A special task force has been formed and they are on a constant lookout for the criminals both inside and outside the state as the police believe that they may have fled to other states as well”.

This is not the first time that the Chennai city is witnessing this kind of robberies. But, still the fact that such incidents continue to recur prove that there is no proper framework in place to prevent these burglaries in the upcoming days too. And, whether this kind of robbers will gain an upper hand in the near future or the Chennai city’s police department and the respective officials could rise up to this challenge is yet to be seen…

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