Fourth bank heist: Robbers steal Rs2.8m

KARACHI: Robbers managed to steal Rs2.8 million from the First Micro Finance Bank’s Azizabad branch on Wednesday. Half a dozen armed men entered the bank around 11am, held the staff members at gunpoint and took the security guard’s weapon away. The money was taken from the cash counter along with the mobile phones of the staff members. Police officials said that the robbers also took away the security camera from the bank with them and escaped when the police arrived. The case has been registered against unidentified persons. This was the fourth bank heist this month, three other banks located in Korangi, Napier and North Nazimabad were robbed earlier.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 30^th, 2014.