Overview

• On May 30 at about 3:10 pm, three armed men wearing masks entered the HDFC Bank branch in Rehana Jattan village, held staff at gunpoint and seized ₹40 lakh.
• CCTV footage indicates the raid was completed in under three minutes after the assailants scoped out the cash counters during a prior reconnaissance.
• Investigators have traced the white Hyundai Verna used for the getaway and recovered mobile phones stolen from customers within a 5-kilometre radius.
• Kapurthala police have formed special teams combining crime branch and CIA personnel to follow leads from the footage and vehicle tracing.
• Officials are probing multiple angles, including possible involvement of bank insiders, amid growing concerns over security at rural bank branches.