Overview
- The daylight robbery occurred around 2 pm Monday at the Bank of Maharashtra branch in Barbil, Keonjhar district.
- Five to six masked assailants posed as customers, brandished firearms and threatened employees and customers.
- Preliminary figures indicate about 3.7 kg of gold valued near Rs 5 crore and roughly Rs 4 lakh in cash were taken.
- The gang damaged the branch’s CCTV system, locked those inside and escaped on motorcycles within minutes.
- Police launched an investigation, tightened security and are analyzing technical leads; branch operations were suspended and officials have not commented.