The Hindu : Rs. 3 lakhs taken away from bank employees

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Friday, Sep 05, 2003

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Rs. 3 lakhs taken away from bank employees

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD Sept. 4. Two scooter-borne persons snatched away Rs. 3 lakhs from two bank employees after allegedly attacking them with knives in broad daylight in Ramachandrapuram on the city outskirts on Thursday.

Prakash Valli, cashier, and Vittal, attender, of Manjeera Grameena Bank withdrew cash from the head office at Ashoknagar in Ramachandrapuram and were proceeding to the IDA Bolaram extension counter on a scooter.

While they were passing by an isolated locality at Ameenpur village, two `helmet-wearing' persons came on a two-wheeler from behind, threatened them, inflicted knife injury on Ms. Valli's hands and took away the cash bag.

175 kg sandalwood seized; 3 held

The Pet Basheerabad police on Thursday apprehended three persons of Kompally in Medchal and seized 175 kgs of sandalwood, worth Rs. 2.5 lakhs.

The arrested persons -- Md. Sanu, Vishal Varma and Ahmed -- confessed to the police that they were procuring the sandalwood from Karnataka border and smuggling it to New Delhi.

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