Heist: Gang of 7 robs bank and flees

Band of robbers steal Rs4.2million from the Habib Bank Limited.


May 12, 2011 Less than a minute read
Heist: Gang of 7 robs bank and flees

RAHIM YAR KHAN: A band of robbers stole Rs4.2million from the Habib Bank Limited (HBL) Adda Gulmarg branch on Monday.

According to police officials, the bank branch manager said that seven armed young men came to the bank in a car. Six of the men stormed into the bank while the seventh remained in the car.

The robbers held the bank staff and other people hostage and snatched weapons from the bank’s guard and a policeman. Police officials arrived at the scene and the robbers also beat up the guard, the assistant superintendent (ASI) and a police van driver standing outside the bank.

The police chased after the robbers but they managed to escape.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 12th, 2011.

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