Bank robbery: Police announces reward for hints

Two days after a nationalised bank was robbed of Rs 19 lakh by a four-member gang in the city outskirts, Chennai Police Wednesday announced rewards.

Chennai: Two days after a nationalised bank
was robbed of Rs 19 lakh by a four-member gang in the city
outskirts, Chennai Police on Wednesday announced rewards for those
giving information to help them nab the robbers.

"Public with even small inputs in connection with the
bank robbery can call 9884203821 round the clock," a police
release said, adding, the name, address and other details of
the informer will be kept confidential.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the gang members
struck at the Bank of Baroda Branch at Perungudi around 2 pm
on January 23, threatened the cashier reportedly with guns,
collected the money, locked other visitors in a room, before
decamping with the booty.

Two of the four spoke in Hindi, they said.

PTI