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Armed men loot UCO Bank branch

BHUBANESWAR: In a sensational bank dacoity, six armed miscreants looted some Rs. 35 lakhs from a branch of the UCO Bank at the district headquarters town of Baripada on Tuesday.

At about 10 a.m., the miscreants entered the bank building in the guise of customers.

They first snatched the mobile phones from the staff as well customers and directed them to stay silent. The armed men then took the keys from bank cashier but could not open the locker as another set of keys was with the bank manager.

They kept waiting till the manager entered the building. Dacoits then opened the strong room and threatened the customers and staff with dire consequences if they tried to raise alarm.

Before they fled the spot on motorbikes, they downed the bank shutters. The police said the miscreants were suspected to have fled by road. This was second such dacoity in the last fortnight. In the industrial town of Rourkela, dacoits looted Rs. 35 lakhs from a branch of the same bank employing the same trick.

In the capital city, Home Secretary Tarun Kanti Mishra said there had not been proper coordination between banks and the police administration in respective areas.

Moreover, the bank security system was old fashioned and it needed to be modernised, he said.

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